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What is a boxfish?

What is a boxfish? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of the family Ostraciidae of squared, bony fish, closely related to the pufferfish and filefish.
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Boxfish, also known as trunkfish or cowfish, can be found in warm ocean waters, where they linger near the seafloor to hunt for burrowing invertebrates.
Every sort of reef fish competed for meals, the oddest being the boxfish, trunkfish and filefish, all trying to feed through pursed lips.
It has profuse fish and invertebrate life, including groupers, emperor snappers, longhorn boxfish, sweetlips and large Discodoris boholensis nudibranchs.
Squid, cuttlefish, boxfish, stingrays and flatheads can be found among the rocky sections.
Experts have named the yellow boxfish Mick because his puckered mouth resembles The Rolling Stones singer's famous pout.
On other excursions we also saw humongous sponges, brain coral, pufferfish and boxfish.

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