Ostracion cubicus

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Ostracion cubicus
Ostracion cubicus, adult, Lord Howe Is, NSW, Photo: Ian Shaw
Ostracion cubicus
Ostracion cubicus, WA, Australia, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Ostracion cubicus
Ostracion cubicus, Lorde Howe Is, NSW, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Ostracion cubicus
Ostracion cubicus, juvenile, Photo: Ian Shaw
Ostracion cubicus
Ostracion cubicus, juvenile, Dampier, WA, Photo: Andrew Green
Ostracion cubicus
Ostracion cubicus, juvenile, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Ostracion cubicus, Lord Howe Is, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
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Ostracion cubicus, NSW, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
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Ostracion cubicus

Distribution

Temperate Africa, Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Juveniles yellow with black spots. Yellow fades to brown with age, with black spots becoming fewer and a honeycomb pattern developing around spots and over face. Large adults blueish with yellow exposed tail base and honeycomb pattern, with central small black spots dorsally.


Information

Max Size: 45 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 16.2-31.6°C

Depth: 1-280m

Habitat Generalization Index: 14.5

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Frequent (14.5% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.