Striped Boxfish, Ostracion solorensis Bleeker 1853
Other Names: Solor Box-fish
A Striped Boxfish, Ostracion solorensis, on Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, off Queensland. Source: Dave Harasti / http://www.daveharasti.com/. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
Males are bluish-grey to blackish with fine pale blue wavy lines on the back, a broad dark stripe with pale wavy lines along upper side and black-edged white spots on sides. Females have fine black lines on the back, the sides yellowish-brown to greenish-brown with broad black reticulations. Striped Boxfish have a characteristic bony protuberance above the upper lip.
Under stress, boxfish produce poisonous secretions from their skin.
Under stress, boxfish produce poisonous secretions from their skin.
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Dianne J. Bray, Ostracion solorensis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2476
Striped Boxfish, Ostracion solorensis Bleeker 1853
More Info
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Distribution |
Recorded in the Australian EEZ from Rowley Shoals, WA, Christmas Island and the northern Great Barrier Reef. Elsewhere, found in the tropical, east-Indo-west Pacific. |
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Species Citation |
Ostracion solorensis Bleeker, 1853, Natuurwetensch. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indië 5: 96. Type locality: Solor, Indonesia. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Striped Boxfish, Ostracion solorensis Bleeker 1853
References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.
Allen, G.R., Steene, R.C. & Orchard, M. 2007. Fishes of Christmas Island. Christmas Island : Christmas Island Natural History Association 2 edn, 284 pp.
Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.
Allen, G.R. & Russell, B.C. 1986. Part VII Fishes. 79-103 in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Faunal Surveys of the Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Seringapatam Reef, northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 25: 1-106.
Bleeker, P. 1853. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Solor. Natuurwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 5: 67-96.
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls.
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp.
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Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 507 pp. figs.
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs.
