Yellow boxfish
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| phylum | Chordata | The yellow boxfish can be found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean as well as the south eastern Atlantic Ocean. It reaches a maximum length of 45 centimetres (18 in). As the name suggests, it is box-shaped. When juvenile, it is bright yellow in color. As it ages, the brightness fades and very old specimens will have blue-grey coloration with faded yellow. It feeds mainly on algae, but will also feed on sponges, crustaceans and mollusks.
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| class | Actinopterygii | |
| order | Tetraodontiformes | |
| family | Ostraciidae | |
| genus | Ostracion | |
| species | O. cubicus |
