Shortnose boxfish (Rhynchostracion nasus)

Scientific name: Rhynchostracion nasus Bloch, 1785

Shortnose boxfish (Rhynchostracion nasus)

The Shortnose boxfish (Rhynchostracion nasus) is a marine fish of the family Ostraciidae.

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.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Rhynchostracion nasus
Family
Ostraciidae (Boxfishes)
Order
Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and Filefishes)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
30.0
Depth range
2–80 m (7–262 ft)
Environment
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 80 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Pacific: Sri Lanka 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, ) and does not know of any reliable record of this species from East Africa.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Venomous
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec assumed to be > 10,000)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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