Yellowfin Tang (Acanthurus xanthopterus) snails The Yellow Boxfish Ostracion cubicus

The Yellow Boxfish Ostracion cubicus is a species of boxfish

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A sensor changes reversibly from yellow to green to blue

They can grow up to 12 inches (30

Yellowfin Tang (Acanthurus xanthopterus) snails The Yellow Boxfish Ostracion cubicusRarely seen in the trade having a laterally compressed body and a small mouth, such as angelfishes and butterflyfishes and having a purplish brown body with juveniles having yellow fins, with fins becoming yellowish grey when becoming an adult, and also a dull yellow bar over the snout connecting both eyes. Can be maintained in reef or fish only aquariums having wide open swimming areas and turbulent, well oxygenated water flow. Requires a varied