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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)
(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
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(Chaetodipterus faber)
(Chaetodipterus faber)
Banggai cardinalfish
(Pterapogon kauderni)
(Pterapogon kauderni)
Doctorfish
(Acanthurus chirurgus)
(Acanthurus chirurgus)
Doublebar goatfish
(Parupeneus trifasciatus)
(Parupeneus trifasciatus)
Leerfish
(Lichia amia)
(Lichia amia)
Sergeant major
(Abudefduf saxatilis)
(Abudefduf saxatilis)
Whitebelly damselfish
(Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster)
(Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster)
Yellow three-stripe rock-fish
(Sebastes trivittatus)
(Sebastes trivittatus)
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