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)

Yellow boxfish
(Ostracion cubicus)

Within the same family

Honeycomb cowfish
(Acanthostracion polygonium)

Scrawled cowfish
(Acanthostracion quadricornis)

Smooth trunkfish
(Rhinesomus triqueter)

Spotted trunkfish
(Lactophrys bicaudalis)

Thornback cowfish
(Lactoria fornasini)

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(Pomacanthus imperator)

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(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

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(Epinephelus striatus)

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(Hippocampus kuda)

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