Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Spotted Boxfish
Spotted Boxfish
Scientific Name: Ostracion meleagris
Also known as: Whitespotted Boxfish
Category: Boxfishes
Size: 4 to 7 in. (10 to 18 cm)  
Depth: 3-90 ft. (1-27 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Polynesia, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama
Note: The subspecies Ostracion meleagris camurum is found in the Hawaiian Islandsand Ostracion meleagris clippertonense in the Eastern Pacific

Fish
Odd-Shaped Swimmers
Boxfishes

Spotted Boxfish

Scrawled Cowfish

Honeycomb Cowfish

Smooth Trunkfish

Smooth Trunkfish (Juvenile)

Spotted Trunkfish

Spotted Trunkfish (Juvenile)

Tilefishes
Goatfishes
Triggerfishes
Filefishes
Cornetfishes
Trumpetfishes
Remoras
Pufferfishes
Sweepers
Porcupinefishes
Drums

External Reference: fishbase.org itis.gov

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© 2004-2012 Florent Charpin