Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus 1758

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 148-149

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4347310
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus 1758
status

Treatment

Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL —Yellow boxfish

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Ostracion cubicus View in CoL by Bariche (2011); subsequently recorded by Crocetta & Bariche in Dailianis et al. (2016: 621–622). Material in collection: AUBM (OS3913; OS3917).

Distribution. Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Socotra, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar, Mascarenes and Persian Gulf east to Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan and Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands, south to Lord Howe Island, northern New Zealand, Kermadec Islands and Rapa; straying to Hawaiian Islands.

Conservation. IUCN: Global (NE). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Tetraodontiformes
Family	Ostraciidae
Genus	Ostracion