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Ostraciidae
Ostraciidae is a family of squared, bony fish belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, closely related to the pufferfishes and filefishes. Fish in the family are known variously as boxfishes, cofferfishes, cowfishes and trunkfishes. It contains about 24 extant species in seven extant genera. This picture shows a cute juvenile, very small in size around 1.5 cm, looks like a dice.
Shallow reefs among sea grasses and soft corals
Spotted on Apr 13, 2013
Submitted on Apr 2, 2014
6 Comments
She will put a smile on your face when you see her, @venusflytrap2000 :)
so funny!
Yes, they can be very small, and thus all the more cuter, @Gilma :)
Thanks, @Machi & @sunnyjosef :)
Wow!! Great spotting Albert!!!
Wow! You can even see perfect little hexagons on its face.
So cute and so tiny, I did not think they were so small...