Sealife guideThe yellow boxfishOstracion cubicus
Last updated on 11/13/2026 at 12:04 AM
Taxonomy
English names
Yellow boxfish
French namesPoisson coffre jaune
Scientific nameOstracion cubicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
FamilyOstraciidae
OrderTetraodontiformes
ClassActinopterygii
The yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus) © Rickard Zerpe sous licence Creative Commons
Within the same genus
Within the same family
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Scrawled cowfishAcanthostracion quadricornis
Smooth trunkfishRhinesomus triqueter
Spotted trunkfishLactophrys bicaudalis
Thornback cowfishLactoria fornasini
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