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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 / ລະດັບຄວາມເລິກ / distribution range					
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					ສັດທະເລ ກ່ຽວກັນຫີນ;  ລະດັບຄວາມເລິກ 3 - 27 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Eastern Central Pacific:  Hawaii to the Marquesas Islands and central and eastern Polynesia.
				
				
			
			
				
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					ການຈະເລີນເຕັມໄວ: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 15.5 cm TL ຕົວຜູ້/ບໍ່ມີເພດ; (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					
					ການຈະເລີນເຕັມໄວ | ການສືບພັນ | ການວາງໄຂ່ | ໄຂ່ | ຄວາມດົກຂອງໄຂ່ປາ | ຕົວອ່ອນ				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					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 (ເອກະສານອ້າງອີງ 
123201): 24.5 - 29, mean 27.8 °C (based on 166 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (ເອກະສານອ້າງອີງ 
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).
					
					ຊັ້ນເຂດຮ້ອນ  (ເອກະສານອ້າງອີງ 
69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						ຄວາມຢືດຢຸ່ນ  (ເອກະສານອ້າງອີງ 
120179):  ສູງ, ປະຊາກອນຕຳ່ສຸດທີ່ໃຊ້ເວລາສອງໜ້ອຍກວ່າ 15 ເດືອນ (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);