Blue Boxfish

Anoplocapros inermis

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth19–95 m
Water temperature16–24 °C
Best monthsMay, August, and November
How commonOccasional

About this species

The Eastern smooth boxfish, also known as the chubby basketfish, freckled boxfish, golden boxfish, polled boxfish, robust boxfish or white-barred boxfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Aracanidae, the deepwater boxfishes or temperate boxfishes. This fish is endemic to the seas of southeastern Australia.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Eastern smooth boxfish”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 1 records
February: 73 records
March: 136 records
April: 121 records
May: 144 records
June: 126 records
July: 92 records
August: 195 records
September: 101 records
October: 111 records
November: 169 records
December: 82 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 19–95 m · Deepest record: 174 m

0–10 m: 2 records
10–20 m: 144 records
20–30 m: 166 records
30–40 m: 182 records
40–50 m: 84 records
50–60 m: 282 records
60–70 m: 108 records
70–80 m: 161 records
80–90 m: 37 records
90–100 m: 42 records
100–110 m: 26 records
110+ m: 80 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–24 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 1 records
18–20 °C: 63 records
20–22 °C: 298 records
22–24 °C: 158 records

Names and classification

English: Blue Boxfish, Chubby Basketfish, Eastern Smooth Boxfish, Freckled Boxfish, Golden Boxfish, Polled Boxfish, Robust Box-fish, Robust Boxfish, White-barred Boxfish

Names in 3 more languages

German: Östlicher Glattkofferfisch
Spanish: Cofre liso oriental
Simplified Chinese: 无刺粒突六棱箱鲀

Other scientific names: Anoplocapros robustus, Strophiurichthys inermis, Strophiurichthys robustus

Similar species

High-backed Boxfish
Anoplocapros lenticularis
Blue Boxfish
Anoplocapros amygdaloides
Painted Boxfish
Aracana aurita
Ornate Boxfish
Aracana ornata
Itomaki Basketfish
Kentrocapros aculeatus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,750 open-data records from 1898 to 2008.

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