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FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ostracion&speciesname=rhinorhynchos ---> http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ostracion&speciesname=rhinorhynchos http://192.134.151.83/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ostracion&speciesname=rhinorhynchos ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ostracion&speciesname=rhinorhynchos https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Ostracion&speciesname=rhinorhynchos ---> https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/summary/Ostracion-rhinorhynchos.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Ostracion Species in    Ostraciidae - Classification - Ostraciidae Tetraodontiformes Teleostei Chordata Animalia Ostracion rhinorhynchos Bleeker , 1851 Horn-nosed boxfish Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Ostracion rhinorhynchos   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Videos | Google image Ostracion rhinorhynchos Picture by Randall, J.E. Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Ostraciidae (Boxfishes) Etymology: Ostracion: Greek, ostrakon = shell (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Bleeker . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; reef-associated; depth range 35 - 50 m (Ref. 9806 ). Tropical Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Indonesia, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m   ?   range ? - ? cm Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9806 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays : 9. Has a large protuberance on the snout (Ref. 37816 ). Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Inhabits rubble substrates in channels between sheltered inner reefs or in deep sandy lagoons around coral patches (Ref. 48637 ). Solitary or in pairs (Ref. 90102 ). Generally uncommon species (Ref. 9710 ) that inhabits coral reefs and flat bottoms in coastal areas. Feeds on benthic invertebrates. Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Matsuura, Keiichi | Collaborators Matsuura, K. , 2001. Ostraciidae. Boxfishes. p. 3948-3951. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9806 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )     Not Evaluated   CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Venomous Human uses Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: potential FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. Sounds Ciguatera Speed Swim. type Gill area Otoliths Brains Vision Tools E-book | Field guide | Length-frequency wizard | Life-history tool | Point map | Classification Tree | Catch-MSY | Special reports Check for Aquarium maintenance | Check for Species Fact Sheets | Check for Aquaculture Fact Sheets Download XML Summary page | Point data | Common names | Photos Internet sources AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | BOLDSystems | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes : genus , species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GenBank: genome , nucleotide | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | MitoFish | National databases | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go , Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record Estimates based on models Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 24.3 - 28.4, mean 27.4 °C (based on 123 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5039   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.03548 (0.01700 - 0.07404), b=2.81 (2.62 - 3.00), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.5   ±0.37 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec assumed to be > 10,000). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Low vulnerability (25 of 100). Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 42.9 [18.4, 104.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.617 [0.311, 1.405] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [16.1, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.112 [0.058, 0.209] g/100g; Selenium = 38.3 [19.9, 78.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 48 [14, 167] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.06 [0.72, 1.57] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2579 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/speciessummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2579 Updated: 2024-04-20 02:49:42 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation