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Yellow boxfish

Ostracion cubicum
Davart il num: The genus name Ostracion means "little box", and the species name cubicum means "cubic", both referring to its box-like body.1
NunprivlusNunprivlus per umans. Nagut da far quitads.
Auters animals tossics Tissi en sia pelMangia: In pau da tutTossic, betg tissientà
Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

The yellow boxfish is a box-shaped fish with a hard, rigid body and bright yellow skin with black spots. It lives on coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific, from the Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaii and northern New Zealand. It is special because it can release a toxic mucus when stressed, which harms other fish nearby.1

Tossic u tissientà? Animals tissientads injecteschan tissi cun ina morsa u ina piztgada. Animals tossics èn nuschaivels, sch'ins als tutga u als mangia. Quest qua è tossic.
Viva en
Indo-Pacific reefs, from the Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaii, Japan and northern New Zealand; occasionally the eastern Mediterranean1
Ocean Pacific, Ocean Indic, Mar Cotschen, Mar da Coral, Mar da las Filippinas, Mar da la China dal Sid, Mar da Timor e d'Arafura, Golf dal Bengal
Pagina iniziala
It lives on sheltered coastal and offshore coral reefs and on flat seabed, at depths of 1 to 75 metres. It is also kept in the aquarium trade.1
Lunghezza
45 cm (1,5 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 4 km/h (2,5 mph)
Nudar, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It eats mainly bottom-dwelling animals and marine algae. Its diet can also include worms, sponges, crustaceans, molluscs and small fish.1
Propi!Foto da Yellow boxfish
Yellow boxfish. Foto: Georgina Jones. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • Box-shaped body covered by a rigid, armoured shell called a carapace1
  • Young fish are bright yellow with black spots all over the body1
  • As it ages, the yellow fades and very old fish are blue-grey to black with faded yellow1
  • Usually found alone, as it is a solitary fish1

Savens confundì cun: The spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) has the same box shape and spots. The yellow boxfish is mainly bright yellow with dark spots, while the spotted boxfish is darker with white spots.1

Forza tossica

Tissi en sia pel

Sia pel è tossica. Igl è privlus d'al tutgar, d'al litgar u d'al mangiar.

Tge fa sia substanza tossica?

When stressed, it secretes a toxic mucus containing a neurotoxin called ostracitoxin, which attacks the nerves. This toxin is highly harmful to marine fish: it breaks down their red blood cells, which then clump together. Nearby fish may be killed when they are exposed to it.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When threatened, it releases toxic mucus, and its bright yellow and black colours warn predators to stay away.1

Sch'insatgi l'ha tutgà u mangià

  • Sch'insatgi l'ha mangià u ha sintoms suenter l'avair mangià: clama immediat tes numer d'urgenza u il center toxicologic.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sche ti l'has tutgà u mangià: na sfruscha betg ils egls u la bucca, lava ils mauns e tschertga agid medicinal.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. Ses tissi è mo là, per che nagin na al mangia. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed OceaniaOcean PacificOcean IndicMar CotschenMar da CoralMar da la China dal SidMar da las FilippinasMar da Timor e d'ArafuraGolf dal Bengal

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Yellow boxfish circa 45 cm lung (1,5 ft)Ina banana circa 18 cm (7,1 in)In giat da chasa circa 50 cm (1,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 2,5 bananas ina suenter l'autrauschè lung sco 14 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 45 secundas

Quant grond è Yellow boxfish cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

Engineers have studied boxfish to inspire designs for a concept car, bridge box girders and an airship.1

2

The carapace was once thought to help stability, but it was found to slightly increase drag and make the fish less stable.1

3

The fish can make humming and clicking sounds using the muscles of its swim bladder.1

4

The toxic mucus contains a bacterium, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, which may play a role in the fish's defence.1

5

Juvenile fish are brighter yellow than adults, and this bright colour is thought to deter predators early in life.1

6

Boxfish are strong, swift swimmers despite their stiff, box-shaped bodies.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: Boxfish are weak swimmers because of their boxy shape.

Vardad: Boxfish are surprisingly strong swimmers. Their shape creates swirling water patterns that help them steer through reefs and make sharp turns.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Ostracion cubicum
Gruppa
Auters animals tossics
Famiglia
Ostraciidae2
Urden
Tetraodontiformes
Continents
Ocean Pacific, Ocean Indic, Mar Cotschen, Mar da Coral, Mar da las Filippinas, Mar da la China dal Sid, Mar da Timor e d'Arafura, Golf dal Bengal, Ils oceans
Co ch'i va ad el en la natira
Least Concern1
Privel per umans
1 / 5: Lev3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Yellow boxfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ostracion cubicum (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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