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
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

Banded butterflyfish
(Chaetodon striatus)
(Chaetodon striatus)

California sheephead
(Semicossyphus pulcher)
(Semicossyphus pulcher)

Gray snapper
(Lutjanus griseus)
(Lutjanus griseus)

Immaculate pufferfish
(Arothron immaculatus)
(Arothron immaculatus)

Mangrove red snapper
(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
(Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

Mimic surgeonfish
(Acanthurus pyroferus)
(Acanthurus pyroferus)

Ocean tang
(Acanthurus bahianus)
(Acanthurus bahianus)

Oriental sweetlips
(Plectorhinchus vittatus)
(Plectorhinchus vittatus)
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