The longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta), also called the horned boxfish.
It's easy to see how a boxfish got its name. Its body is the shape of a small box! Their boxy shape is due to the shell structure beneath its scales. This odd shape makes them very slow swimmers. In fact, some describe their movement as hovering, instead of swimming. These are saltwater fish living on coral reefs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans as well as the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. Ostracion cubicus is the scientific name of a boxfish. The Latin word Ostracion means shell which refers to the carapace or shell structure of this fish. Cubicus means cube-like. Trunkfish and cowfish are some of its alternate names.
The whole exoskeleton of the Boxfish grows with the fish. It forms 90% how it looks when still alive.
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