WoRMS taxon details
Ostracion cubicum Linnaeus, 1758
403462 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403462)
accepted
Species
Ostacion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Ostracion argus Rüppell, 1828 · unaccepted
Ostracion cubicua Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Ostracion tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ostracion cubicum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=403462 on 2026-02-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ostracion tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Ostracion argus Rüppell, 1828) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
original description (of Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
[request]original description (of Ostracion argus Rüppell, 1828) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1828-30). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. <em>Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Brönner).</em> 1-141 + 3 pp., Pls. 1-35. [Part 1 (1828): 1-26, Pls. 1-6; part 2 (1829): 27-94, Pls. 7-24; part 3 (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35.]. [details]
original description (of Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | yellow boxfish [from synonym]cube trunkfish [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | ミナミハコフグ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (46 barcodes) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (104 publications) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Ostracion argus Rüppell, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Ostracion tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ostracion cubicum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion argus Rüppell, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishipedia (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (104 nucleotides; 113 proteins)
To GenBank (104 nucleotides; 113 proteins) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostracion cubicus USNM 319824 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostracion cubicus USNM 375692 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (104 publications) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Ostracion argus Rüppell, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Ostracion tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ostracion cubicum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion argus Rüppell, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishipedia (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (104 nucleotides; 113 proteins)
To GenBank (104 nucleotides; 113 proteins) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostracion cubicus USNM 319824 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Ostracion cubicus USNM 375692 photograph lateral view) (from synonym Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758)
