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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 / Klimaatzone / Diepte / distribution range					
						Ecologie					
				
				
				
					marien rifbewoner;  diepte 3 - 27 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Eastern Central Pacific:  Hawaii to the Marquesas Islands and central and eastern Polynesia.
				
				
			
			
				
					Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
				
				
				
					Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 15.5 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (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).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Levenscyclus en paargedrag					
					Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Randall, J.E., 1996. Shore fishes of Hawai'i. Natural World Press, Vida, Oregon. 216 p. (Ref. 26145)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
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					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Visserij: van geen belang; Aquarium: Commercieel				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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				Preferred temperature (Ref. 
123201): 24.5 - 29, mean 27.8 °C (based on 166 cells).
				
				
					
					Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex  (Ref. 
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).
					
					Trofisch niveau  (Ref. 
69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Weerstandsvermogen  (Ref. 
120179):  Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (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);