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Sealife guideThe spotted boxfishOstracion meleagris
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)
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(Corythoichthys intestinalis)
(Corythoichthys intestinalis)
Black and gold chromis
(Neoglyphidodon nigroris)
(Neoglyphidodon nigroris)
Emperor angelfish
(Pomacanthus imperator)
(Pomacanthus imperator)
False leopard wrasse
(Macropharyngodon ornatus)
(Macropharyngodon ornatus)
Glasseye snapper
(Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)
(Heteropriacanthus cruentatus)
Hogfish
(Lachnolaimus maximus)
(Lachnolaimus maximus)
Red grouper
(Epinephelus morio)
(Epinephelus morio)
Small red scorpionfish
(Scorpaena notata)
(Scorpaena notata)
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