boxfishes in English

noun
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a tropical marine fish that has a shell of bony plates enclosing the body, from which spines project.
We saw crabs, eels, batfish, unicornfish, pufferfish, boxfish , lionfish, squirrelfish, racoonfish, butterflyfish, parrotfish and angelfish, to name just a few.
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    trunkfish

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1. Boxfishes synonyms, Boxfishes pronunciation, Boxfishes translation, English dictionary definition of Boxfishes

2. Related to the Boxfishes are the keeled Boxfishes of the family Aracanidae

3. Pufferfishes, Boxfishes and porcupinefishes

4. Boxfishes includes 7 children :

5. Boxfishes, puffers and porcupinefishes

6. Trunkfishes, Boxfishes and Cowfishes

7. What are synonyms for Boxfishes?

8. Synonyms for Boxfishes in Free Thesaurus

9. Boxfishes / Filefishes / Mola Sunfish / Puffers / Porcupinefishes / Triggerfishes

10. Boxfishes belong to the Family Ostraciidae

11. Boxfishes are often very attractively coloured

12. Other articles where Keeled boxfish is discussed: boxfish: …to the Boxfishes are the keeled Boxfishes of the family Aracanidae

13. What does Boxfishes mean? Plural form of boxfish

14. Select an environment to see its Boxfishes species checklist

15. Boxfishes have a harem social structure with 3-4 females per male

16. Boxfishes, cowfishes and turretfishes are the members of the Ostraciidae family

17. The environments in which many Boxfishes species are known to live

18. Florent's Guide To The Hawaii Reefs - Spotted Boxfish - Ostracion meleagris - Boxfishes - Whitespotted Boxfish - Boxfishes - Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef - Whitespotted Boxfish

19. Ostraciidae (Boxfishes) Boxfish (Ostraciidae) have a unique square shape and a particular way of swimming

20. Boxfishes (family Ostraciidae) back to Flora and Fauna pages for Dutch fishes: click here Acanthostracion polygonius

21. Boxfish (plural Boxfishes or boxfish) Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes

22. They are somewhat more primitive than the true boxfishes, but have a similar protective covering of thickened scale plates.

23. Boxfishes are also commonly called cowfishes and trunkfishes (for example, the popular, Long Horned Cowfish - Lactoria cornutus)

24. When captured and handled, Boxfishes exude a toxic substance that can kill other fishes kept with them

25. Introduction Cowfish are small box‐like fish (also called Boxfishes or trunkfishes) from the order Tetraodontiformes , family Ostraciidi

26. Boxfishes (superfamily Ostracioidea, order Tetraodontiformes) are comprised of 37 species within the families Aracanidae (13 sp.) and Ostracidae (24 sp.)

27. Boxfishes produce a toxic slime that can kill other fishes or themselves in a confined space such as an aquarium.

28. Florent's Guide To The South Florida Reefs Fish, Corals and Creatures - Triggerfishes - Filefishes - Boxfishes - Porcupinefishes - Pufferfishes - Drums - Goatfishes - Trumpetfishes - Sweepers - Remoras

29. Boxfishes have armored bodies made up of bony plates, sensitive skin, weak fins, and are very poor, slow-moving swimmers

30. ‘In most of the Boxfishes, vortex circulation increased from the posterior 3/4 of the carapace to the posterior edge of the carapace, but surface pressures along the carapace did not decrease.’ ‘Although differences in carapace morphology were apparent, vortical flow patterns around the four Boxfishes were fairly consistent.’

31. Weihs, "Boxfishes (Teleostei: Ostraciidae) as a model system for fishes swimming with many fins: kinematics," Journal of Experimental Biology, vol

32. Boxfishes lack fin spines and pelvic fins, and the short-based dorsal and anal fins are set far back on the body

33. Researchers studying Boxfishes have looked at how water flows around their bodies to determine how stability and maneuverability play roles in their swimming behavior

34. Boxfishes get their name from the rectangular (or sometimes five-sided) shell of bony armor on the front two-thirds of their bodies

35. Boxfishes (family Ostraciidae) are tropical reef‐dwelling marine bony fishes that have about three‐fourths of their body length encased in a rigid bony test

36. Boxfishes (family Ostraciidae) are tropical reef‐dwelling marine bony fishes that have about three‐fourths of their body length encased in a rigid bony test

37. The marine Boxfishes have rigid keeled exteriors (carapaces) unlike most fishes, yet exhibit high stability, high maneuverability and relatively low drag given their large cross-sectional area

38. The cowfish is usually more angular-shaped and with various size horns, hence its name, as Boxfishes/Trunkfishes do not have horns, and their bodies are mostly trunk/box-shaped

39. Boxfishes (Ostraciidae family) and trunkfishes (Aracanidae family) are easily recognized by their almost completely encased bony shell body.Boxfishes are distinguished by not having isolated bony plates on their caudal peduncle and having 8 branched rays

40. Even for big, powerful, voracious, predatory fish, nomming on Boxfishes is less like satisfyingly splintering a hard taco and more like trying to chew a kneecap; it’s a poor decision for all parties involved

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42. ‘The Boxfish, for example, is an aquatic tank with two bony skeletons, one on the inside to support its innards and one on the outside to deter predators.’ ‘Squid, barracuda, and grouper were prevalent, as were French and Queen angelfish, small parrotfish, trumpet, and Boxfishes.’

43. Related Articles: Burrfishes/Porcupinefishes, Puffers in General, Puffer Care and Information, A Saltwater Puffer Primer: Big Pufferfish! by Mike Maddox, Pufferfish Dentistry By Kelly Jedlicki and Anthony Calfo, True Puffers, Freshwater Puffers, Tobies/Sharpnose Puffers, Boxfishes, Puffer Care and Information by John (Magnus) Champlin, Things

44. Jacks 0.05 Grunts 0.05 Mullets 0.05 Rabbitfishes 0.05 Needlefishes 1.1 Porcupinefishes 1.1 Sharks and Rays 1.1 Squirrelfishes 1.1 Sea Breams 1.1 Sharks 1.6 Boxfishes 1.6 Rays 1.6 Scorpionfishes 1.6 Surgeonfishes 2.7 Goatfishes 2.7 Moray Eels 2.7 Leatherjackets 3.8 Snappers 4.9 Unidentified 7.1 Wrasses 7.7 Emperors 7.7 Sea Basses 11.5 Parrotfishes 35.2 Note: Table made from bar graph.