Ostraciidae

spiny boxfish

Lactoria diaphana

Spine on back with short eye spines

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• East Asia
• Oceania
• South America
• Southeast Asia
• Deep-bodied
• Medium
• Tropical fish

spiny boxfish is known from Southeast Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.