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Name : Ostracion cubicus

Common Name : Kocho
Class : Actinopterygii
Order : Tetraodontiformes
Family : Ostraciidae
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Description

Caudal fin rays 10. Juveniles bright yellow with black spots; the spots decrease proportionately and the bright yellow becomes a dirty mustard with growth; large adults become bluish with yellowish seams between the plates


Size

Maximum length: 18.9 cm (TL), common length: 14-16 cm (TL)


Diet

Feeds on algae and small benthic invertebrates,


Utilization

It is utilised as an aquarium fish


Gears

Trawl, gillnet, trap