boxfish

English

a yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus)

Etymology

box +‎ fish

Noun

boxfish (plural boxfishes or boxfish)

1. Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
2. Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.

Synonyms

• (both senses): cofferfishes

Coordinate terms

• (fish of the family Ostraciidae): cowfishes, trunkfishes, turretfishes

Translations

fish of the family Ostraciidae

• Finnish: losserokala
• French: poisson-coffre (fr) m
• Japanese: 箱河豚 (ハコフグ, hakofugu)

References

• Ostraciidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ostraciidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ostraciidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons