Saltwater
Yellow boxfish
Ostracion cubicum
Ostraciidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 45 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 2,028 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in American Samoa, Australia, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, and 43 more countries.
Introduced to Lebanon.
More about the species
Description
Inhabit lagoon and semi-sheltered seaward reefs. Juveniles often among Acropora corals. Benthopelagic. Solitary. Juveniles expatriating to subtropical zone from the pelagic larval stage. Small juveniles secretive in narrow crevices. Feed primarily on algae with a compliment of microorganisms, invertebrates, mollusks, sponges, sand dwelling polychaetes, crustaceans, foraminiferans, and fishes.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Ostacion cubicus
- Ostracion argus
- Ostracion cubicua
- Ostracion cubicus
- Ostracion tuberculatus
In other languages
- Gul koffertfisk
- Plettet kuffertfisk
- Täplälosserokala
- Black-spotted, Black-spotted boxfish, Blue-spotted box-fish, Blue-spotted boxfish, Box fish, Boxfish, Boxy, Cofferfish, Cowfish, Cube trunkfish, Cubed boxfish, Cubical boxfish, Ocellated box fish, Polkadot boxfish, Spotted box fish
Articles
All articles
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.