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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 / εύρος βάθους / distribution range					
						Οικολογία					
				
				
				
					Θαλασσινό(ά) Υφαλόφιλο(α);  εύρος βάθους 3 - 27 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Eastern Central Pacific:  Hawaii to the Marquesas Islands and central and eastern Polynesia.
				
				
			
			
				
					Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
				
				
				
					Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 15.5 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (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					
					Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					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)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Human uses  				
				
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (Αναφ. 
123201): 24.5 - 29, mean 27.8 °C (based on 166 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Αναφ. 
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).
					
					Τροφικό Επίπεδο  (Αναφ. 
69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Ελαστικότητα  (Αναφ. 
120179):  Υψηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού < 15 μήνες (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);