The smallest values of [C.sub.E] are associated with nonstreamlined animals (e.g., ocean sunfish Mola mola, yellow boxfish
Ostracion tuberculatus, bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus, or sperm whale Physeter catodon) and submarines.
The cube boxfish Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, is part of the subfamily Ostraciinae, which is characterized by a closed carapace, no ventral ridge and a caudal fin with 10 principal rays (Nelson 2006).
The general body shape and coloration visible in the photographs indicated that the specimen was the common Indo-Pacific cube boxfish Ostracion cubicus.
The genus Tetrosomus can be distinguished by having a 3-angled carapace and a ridge or spine on the dorsal midline as opposed to Ostracion, which presents a 4-angled carapace and no ridge or spine on the dorsal midline.
It's the juvenile form of
Ostracion cubicus, the yellow boxfish, or momoa afata in Tahitian.
Rare skeletal-based bony fishes include Parabula sp.,
OstracionThe spotted trunkfish, Ostracion meleagris, produces such a spawning sound.
Ostracion meleagris is typically found in groups consisting of a male and several females.
Fishes, benthic invertebrates Ostraciidae
Ostracion cyanurus Sessile invertebrates, sponges, algae Ostraciidae Tetrasomus gibbosus Benthic, sessile invertebrates Pomacanthidae Pygoplites diacanthus Sponges, tunicates Pomacentridae Abudefduf spp.
Eleven of these were recorded in 2006 but not 1995, including Balistes polylepis, Calamus brachysomus, Canthigaster punctatissima, Dasyatis longa, Gymnothorax undulatus, Lutjanus inermis, Lutjanus novemfasciatus,
Ostracion meleagris, Spheroides lobatus, Trachinotus rhodopus and Zanclus cornutus.