Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758

Patankar, Vardhan, Paranjape, Akhila, Tyabji, Zoya, Wagh, Tanmay & Marathe, Aniruddha, 2018, Occurrence and distribution of tetraodontiform fishes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Check List 14 (3), pp. 529-537 : 534

Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758

Figure 3B

We observed 3 individuals at 3 islands (3 sites) in the southern Andaman and central and Nicobar regions. Body yellowish brown, with dark-ringed bluish spots; fins blue with black spots; head and around pectoral fins may have black to blue or yellow margins; snout with a bump on tip.

Figures

Figure 3. Some species of fish belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. A. Oxymonacanthus longirostris. B. Ostracion cubicus. C. Ostracion melegris.D. Arothron nigropunctatus. E. Arothron stellatus. F. Canthigaster petersii.