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Eastern smooth boxfish

Species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 18, 2026
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The Eastern smooth boxfish, also known as the chubby basketfish, freckled boxfish, golden boxfish, polled boxfish, robust boxfish or white-barred boxfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Aracanidae, the deepwater boxfishes or temperate boxfishes. This fish is endemic to the seas of southeastern Australia.

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The public source identifies “Eastern smooth boxfish” as species of fish. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Eastern, smooth and boxfish.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 49-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Eastern, smooth and boxfish providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Eastern smooth boxfish” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.