When juvenile, the yellow boxfish is bright yellow in color and 4 cm. long. As it ages, the brightness fades and very old specimens will have blue-grey coloration with faded yellow. It reaches a length of 45 centimetres (18 in) when fully grown.
It feeds mainly on algae, but will also feed on sponges, crustaceans and mollusks. It can be found in reefs throughout the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean as well as the south eastern Atlantic Ocean.
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