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Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > 
Ostraciidae (Boxfishes)						
							
							Etymology: Ostracion: Greek, ostrakon = shell (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Gilbert Percy Whitley (1903–1975) was a British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Fowler.						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / نطاق العمق / distribution range					
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					بحري مرتبطة بالشعاب;  نطاق العمق 3 - 27 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Eastern Central Pacific:  Hawaii to the Marquesas Islands and central and eastern Polynesia.
				
				
			
			
				
					الحجم / وزن / العمر
				
				
				
					النضج: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 15.5 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 9710)				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Inhabits clear lagoons and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710) as well as the quiet waters of the shore line.  Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on algae and invertebrates (Ref. 89972).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					النضج | التكاثر | وضع البيض | بيض | الخصوبة | Larvae				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Randall, J.E., 1996. Shore fishes of Hawai'i. Natural World Press, Vida, Oregon. 216 p. (Ref. 26145)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					استخدامات بشرية  				
				
				
					مصائد: غير ذات اهمية; حوض مائي: تجاري				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					مصادر علي الأنترنت
				
				
			
			
			
				
					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (مرجع 
123201): 24.5 - 29, mean 27.8 °C (based on 166 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (مرجع 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5039   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.03548 (0.01723 - 0.07305), b=2.81 (2.62 - 3.00), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					مستوى غذائي  (مرجع 
69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						المرونه  (مرجع 
120179):  عالي, الحد  الزمني الأدني لتضاعف عدد أفراد المجتمع  أقل من 15 شهر (Fec assumed to be > 10,000).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 
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						Nutrients  (Ref. 
124155):  Calcium = 70.1 [30.3, 160.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.719 [0.371, 1.608] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [15.7, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.113 [0.057, 0.215] g/100g; Selenium = 27.4 [13.8, 56.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 79.4 [22.6, 292.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.55 [1.03, 2.31] mg/100g (wet weight);