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Sealife guideThe spotted boxfishOstracion meleagris
Last updated on 03/11/2024 at 11:40 PM
Taxonomy
English names
Spotted boxfish
French namesPoisson coffre pintade
Scientific nameOstracion meleagris (Böhlke & Robins, 1960)
FamilyOstraciidae
OrderTetraodontiformes
ClassActinopterygii
The spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) © Suwat Sirivutcharungchit | Dreamstime.com
The spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) © Dirk Jan Mattaar | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus
Reticulate boxfish
(Ostracion solorensis)
(Ostracion solorensis)
Yellow boxfish
(Ostracion cubicus)
(Ostracion cubicus)
Within the same family
Honeycomb cowfish
(Acanthostracion polygonium)
(Acanthostracion polygonium)
Scrawled cowfish
(Acanthostracion quadricornis)
(Acanthostracion quadricornis)
Smooth trunkfish
(Rhinesomus triqueter)
(Rhinesomus triqueter)
Spotted trunkfish
(Lactophrys bicaudalis)
(Lactophrys bicaudalis)
Thornback cowfish
(Lactoria fornasini)
(Lactoria fornasini)
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(Istiophorus albicans)
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(Chromis atripectoralis)
(Chromis atripectoralis)
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(Chaetodon trifascialis)
(Chaetodon trifascialis)
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(Enchelycore anatina)
(Enchelycore anatina)
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(Valenciennea muralis)
(Valenciennea muralis)
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(Acanthurus olivaceus)
(Acanthurus olivaceus)
Queen angelfish
(Holacanthus ciliaris)
(Holacanthus ciliaris)
Violet squirrelfish
(Sargocentron violaceum)
(Sargocentron violaceum)
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