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Name : Ostracion rhinorhynchos

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

Typical box fish with a greyish blue body with light blue hexagonal markings and numerous black spots. Snout has a large protuberance


Size

Maximum length: 20.4 cm (TL), common length: 16-17 cm (TL)


Diet

Feeds on fishes and small benthic invertebrates


Utilization

It is utilised as an aquarium fish


Gears

Trawl, gillnet, trap