Sealife guideThe spotted boxfishOstracion meleagris
Last updated on 03/11/2024 at 11:40 PM
Taxonomy
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)
Discover also

Azure damselfish
(Chrysiptera hemicyanea)

Blackspotted puffer
(Arothron nigropunctatus)

Masked rabbitfish
(Siganus puellus)

Planehead filefish
(Stephanolepis hispidus)

Queen angelfish
(Holacanthus ciliaris)

Ternate damselfish
(Amblyglyphidodon ternatensis)

Whipper snapper
(Lutjanus jordani)

Yellowstripe wormfish
(Gunnellichthys viridescens)
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