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)
Within the same genus
Reticulate boxfish (Ostracion solorensis)
Reticulate boxfish
(Ostracion solorensis)
Yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus)
Yellow boxfish
(Ostracion cubicus)
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Honeycomb cowfish
(Acanthostracion polygonium)
Scrawled cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis)
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(Acanthostracion quadricornis)
Smooth trunkfish (Rhinesomus triqueter)
Smooth trunkfish
(Rhinesomus triqueter)
Spotted trunkfish (Lactophrys bicaudalis)
Spotted trunkfish
(Lactophrys bicaudalis)
Thornback cowfish (Lactoria fornasini)
Thornback cowfish
(Lactoria fornasini)
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Black margate
(Anisotremus surinamensis)
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Blackspotted rubberlips
(Plectorhinchus gaterinus)
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Brown chromis
(Chromis multilineata)
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Longsnout seahorse
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Porkfish
(Anisotremus virginicus)
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Spotband butterflyfish
(Chaetodon punctatofasciatus)
Spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaena plumieri)
Spotted scorpionfish
(Scorpaena plumieri)
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