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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Tetraodontiformes (order)  »  Ostraciidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 466013 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ostracion cubicus   Linnaeus, 1758
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Image by: BIO Photography Group, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Rights: BIO Photography Group, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario Family: 37 466 Ostraciidae (Boxfishes, Cowfishes, Turretfishes) - show full list Standard Name (AS5300): Yellow Boxfish Common Names List: yellow boxfish Organism Type: a boxfish Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Shelf Demersal (40-200m) Parent Codes: 37 466908     Ostracion spp. Previous Codes (if any): 466013

Distribution map: View detailed map or click on map to see same. Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19. Occurrence locations [35] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile Expected species depth range is from 0 to 50 m.

Taxon Notes:

This species was incorrectly coded at 37 466010 in Sainsbury et al (1985). The voucher listed for 37 466010 in that publication has been transferred to this code (37 466013).

Identifiers:

AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f66d9590-782c-40f6-80d5-dfb2733e39da Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia FoA 2474 Checked on: 2020-10-20 View at FoA WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403640 Name status: unaccepted    Checked on: 2022-08-09 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Images:

Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images Credit: BIO Photography Group, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike