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Last updated on 03/11/2024 at 11:40 PM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Spotted boxfish
- French name: Poisson coffre pintade
- Scientific name: Ostracion meleagris (Böhlke & Robins, 1960)
- Family name: Ostraciidae
- Order name: Tetraodontiformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
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)
Discover also
Blue striped grunt
(Haemulon sciurus)
(Haemulon sciurus)
Cardinalfish
(Apogon imberbis)
(Apogon imberbis)
Orange spotted filefish
(Oxymonacanthus longirostris)
(Oxymonacanthus longirostris)
Philippines wrasse
(Pseudocoris bleekeri)
(Pseudocoris bleekeri)
Star gazer
(Uranoscopus scaber)
(Uranoscopus scaber)
Two spined angelfish
(Centropyge bispinosa)
(Centropyge bispinosa)
Yellowtail snapper
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
(Ocyurus chrysurus)
Yellowtail wrasse
(Anampses meleagrides)
(Anampses meleagrides)
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