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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
Blackspot razorfish
(Iniistius dea)
(Iniistius dea)
Bleeker's damsel
(Chrysiptera bleekeri)
(Chrysiptera bleekeri)
Flame angelfish
(Centropyge loriculus)
(Centropyge loriculus)
Helmut gunard
(Dactyloptena orientalis)
(Dactyloptena orientalis)
Indian anchovy
(Stolephorus indicus)
(Stolephorus indicus)
Snowflake moray
(Echidna nebulosa)
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Threadfin anthias
(Pseudanthias huchtii)
(Pseudanthias huchtii)
Whitebarred goby
(Amblygobius phalaena)
(Amblygobius phalaena)
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