Lactoria diaphana

Round-belly boxfish

Lactoria diaphana, Easter Island, Photo: Graham Edgar

Lactoria diaphana, Photo: Graham Edgar

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Same Genus

Lactoria cornuta

Lactoria fornasini

Distribution

Tropical Eastern Pacific, Tropical Indo-Pacific

Description

Pale greenish brown, short spine over each eye, with further spines on dorsal surface and on each side of the ventral ridges. Faint reticulate pattern dorsally and on rear of body, may have dark blotch above and behind base of pectoral fin.

Information

Max Size: 34 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 16.3-31.2°C

Depth: 8-50m

Habitat Generalization Index: N/A

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: Infrequent (1.1% 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.

Edit by: Ian Shaw