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
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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Atlantic mackerel
(Scomber scombrus)
(Scomber scombrus)

Flame angelfish
(Centropyge loriculus)
(Centropyge loriculus)

Flamefish
(Apogon maculatus)
(Apogon maculatus)

Mediterranean rainbow wrasse
(Coris julis)
(Coris julis)

Midnight parrotfish
(Scarus coelestinus)
(Scarus coelestinus)

Ocean tang
(Acanthurus bahianus)
(Acanthurus bahianus)

Striped goby
(Asterropteryx striata)
(Asterropteryx striata)

Tub gurnard
(Chelidonichthys lucerna)
(Chelidonichthys lucerna)
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