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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)
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Gorgeous prawn-goby
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Greasy grouper
(Epinephelus tauvina)
(Epinephelus tauvina)
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(Phycodurus eques)
(Phycodurus eques)
Peppered butterflyfish
(Chaetodon guttatissimus)
(Chaetodon guttatissimus)
Scaleless shrimpgoby
(Tomiyamichthys nudus)
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Tarry hogfish
(Bodianus bilunulatus)
(Bodianus bilunulatus)
Yellowstripe wormfish
(Gunnellichthys viridescens)
(Gunnellichthys viridescens)
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