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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 / profondeur / distribution range					
						Écologie					
				
				
				
					marin récifal;  profondeur 3 - 27 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Eastern Central Pacific:  Hawaii to the Marquesas Islands and central and eastern Polynesia.
				
				
			
			
				
					Taille / Poids / Âge
				
				
				
					Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 15.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (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					
					Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Randall, J.E., 1996. Shore fishes of Hawai'i. Natural World Press, Vida, Oregon. 216 p. (Ref. 26145)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Menace pour l'homme  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Utilisations par l'homme  				
				
				
					Pêcheries: sans intérêt; Aquarium: Commercial				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (Réf. 
123201): 24.5 - 29, mean 27.8 °C (based on 166 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Réf. 
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).
					
					Niveau trophique  (Réf. 
69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Résilience  (Réf. 
120179):  Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (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);