Species ID
View AllWestern Smooth Boxfish
( Anoplocapros amygdaloides )
Description
How to Catch
Distribution
Eating
Fast Facts
- CAUTION: May be poisonous
- Is a member of the family Aracanidae (temperate boxfishes)
- Can grow to 30cm in length
- Endemic to Australia’s temperate waters from WA to SA
- Frequents reef and seagrass environments
- Males may have blueish fins
- Carnivorous