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)
FamilyOstraciidae
OrderTetraodontiformes
ClassActinopterygii
The spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) © Suwat Sirivutcharungchit | Dreamstime.com
The spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris) © Dirk Jan Mattaar | Dreamstime.com
Within the same genus
Within the same family
Honeycomb cowfishAcanthostracion polygonium
Scrawled cowfishAcanthostracion quadricornis
Smooth trunkfishRhinesomus triqueter
Spotted trunkfishLactophrys bicaudalis
Thornback cowfishLactoria fornasini
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