Boxish Fish

Some fish are shaped like bread boxes. How silly!

freshwaterpuffer

A freshwater Puffer. Their little fins flap so quickly, they look like little bumblebees swarming around the tank. Boy do I want one of these!

boxfishmama
An aptly named Boxfish.

boxfishbaby
A BABY Boxfish!

cowfish
And the silliest of all is the Cowfish. He thinks he is a cow, but please don’t try to milk him.

5 Responses to “Boxish Fish”


  1. 1 Miki

    I think the silliest fish are those lookdown fish. The ones which are flat but have large eyes that look as if they are always looking at the floor.

    http://www.thejump.net/id/lookdown.htm

    As a kid there used to be these seris of books about fish with funny names and the book would talk about their adventures. http://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Lookdown-Funny-Suzanne-Nature/dp/0961634480

    “lucky look-down” was my favorite book in the series!

  2. 2 Tasha

    Awww, sweet! We had a puffer and cowfish. Our puffer had the most beautiful blue eyes.

  3. 3 Anna

    That lookdown fish is very silly - kind of like the Hatchet fish that we have. They look like little two-dimensional mayors.

    Tasha, I am so jealous! I must have a cowfish someday. But a marine tank is still a little far off for us.

  4. 4 Que Sarah

    I love them all!! Yay for you loving these awesome fishies - and blogging about them :-)

  5. 5 Lisa, New Zealand

    Hye Anna,
    Just had to let you know how cute those fish can be.
    When I was snorkelling in Rarotonga 2 years ago I saw a baby box fish which was just gorgeous! It was about the size of a dice and so small you couldnt see its fins or tail so it just looked like this little yellow spotted box flitting about in the water.

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