Shortnose boxfish (Rhynchostracion nasus) fish species and information / pictures of Shortnose boxfish - Rhynchostracion nasus

Shortnose boxfish (Rhynchostracion nasus) fish species information

Scientific Name
Rhynchostracion nasus

Common Name
Shortnose boxfish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 9. Has a small protuberance above the mouth and a distinctly concave snout profile.

Classification

Classified By

Bloch, 1785

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Puffers and Filefishes (Tetraodontiformes)

Family

Boxfishes (Ostraciidae)

Distribution

Region

Western Pacific

Distribution

Western Pacific: Sri Lanka (Ref. 1550) and Sumatra to Fiji, north to the Philippines; Palau and Truk in Micronesia. Matsuura 1999, pers. comm. strongly doubts its distribution in the southern GBR (as reported in Lieske & Meyers 1994, Ref. 9710) and does not know of any reliable record of this species from East Africa.

Range

19°N - 20°S

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

2 m

Depth To - meters

80 m

Zone

reef-associated

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 80 m (Ref. 1602)

Trophic Level

3.32 s.e. 0.47 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

True

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

30.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (16 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec assumed to be > 10,000)

Threat To Humans

Venomous

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated