Proper ID on Boxfish

All,
Looking for a proper ID on boxfish I could not find it at the store and I could not get clear info from the clerk..

I know I know shouldn't have bought it... I did. Here we are, please assist.

Thank you.
;D

 

What you have there is a....boxfish! lol
I don't know much in the way of different species but I'll give the ID a crack


Looks quite a lot like a Lactoria diaphana plus its got the horns on the back like one too.


Does it have visible plate like structures?

 

Not sure but definitely a cool ad

 

That's about as far as I've gotten too lol

He's a handsome little guy (or girl) he has some stability issues when he swims in front of the hydors.

Biggest problem I have is my black & white damsel swam up and grabbed it by the head and swam around with it. I'm guessing (or hoping) those spines will put a quick end to that behavior.

on a related note...I need to catch a black/white damsel and get rid of it

 

See above post

 

I found the easiest way to catch fish is to take a net and put it on top of the rocks till the fish get used to it then ad some food inside the net. You might catch your other fish first but eventually you'll catch him

 

Yes, visible plates along the spine and beneath the pectoral fins.

He has a bit of a flying saucer shape

 

Could it be the species I pointed you to?

 

That's the closest I've seen so far. The only thing that I see different (could be a juvenile vs adult thing) is that this one has a very flat belly vs the more rounded belly as an adult.

I think you nailed it though. Thanks a lot!

 

Man that could be a HUGE mistake but I hope I am wrong.
Not only do these fish rely on armor plating to deter would-be predators, they also have a chemical defense. This consists of a potent toxin, known as ostracitoxin, which they exude in their slime when they are stressed. When secreted into the aquarium water, this toxin can kill other reef fishes at concentrations as low as 10 parts per million, and the secretions of a single adult boxfish can contain as much as 50 to 100 milligrams of crude toxin (Thomson 1964)! Although they are less susceptible to ostracitoxin, boxfishes are often killed by their own secretions in a closed system. A boxfish could kill every fish in a medium-size aquarium within 10 minutes.-Fish Channel