#2305 · 🐟 fish
Yellow Boxfish
🇳🇱 Geelbruine Koffervis ·Ostracion cubicum
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © François Libert · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © David Harasti · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Kristin Anderson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Georgina Jones · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- 6. © Rebecca Lloyd · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 8. © Carmelo López Abad · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © peterdavey · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The yellow boxfish ( Ostracion cubicus ) is a species of boxfish. It 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).
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,255 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Yellow Boxfish
- Nederlands
- Geelbruine Koffervis
- scientific name
- Ostracion cubicum
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Tetraodontiformes
- family
- Ostraciidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,255
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Ostraciidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 49378, Wikidata Q587799, GBIF 5213769, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.