Shortnose boxfish

The Shortnose boxfish lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 2 - 80 m environment.

* Shortnose boxfish, Ostracion nasus Bloch, 1785. * Horn-nosed boxfish, Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker, 1852. * Reticulate boxfish, Ostracion solorensis Bleeker, 1853. More

Shortnose boxfish, Rhynchostracion nasus Shortnose boxfish, Rhynchostracion nasus Humpback turretfish, Tetrasomus gibbosus Humpback turretfish, Tetrasomus gibbosus Humpback turretfish, Tetrasomus gibbosus More

Shortnose boxfish, Rhynchostracion nasus, at night, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines (Stock Image 1566-247915 More

Common names

Baka-Baka in Bikol
Baka-bakahan in Tagalog
Buntal batu in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Buntal kotak in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Buntal panjang in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Buntal peti in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Coffre in French (français)
Coffre à points bleus in French (français)
Da in Numee
Gonu in Mahl
Hyomon-Hakofugu in Japanese (日本語)
Kortsnudet kuffertfisk in Danish (dansk)
Lembu in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
lognosed boxfish in English
Poulet de la mer in French (français)
Shortnose boxfish in English
Small-nosed boxfish in English
Thombu in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
തൊന്പു  in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
തോന്വ് in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
大鼻箱魨 in Mandarin Chinese
大鼻箱鲀 in Mandarin Chinese
尖鼻箱魨 in Mandarin Chinese
尖鼻箱鲀 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Tetraodontiformes
Family : Ostraciidae
Genus : Ostracion
Species : Ostracion nasus
Authority : Bloch, 1785