Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesia

Spotted Boxfish
Ostracion meleagris
Spotted Boxfish
Also known as: Whitespotted Boxfish
Category: Boxfishes
Scientific Name: Ostracion meleagris
Size: 4 to 7 in. (10 to 18 cm)  
Depth: 3-90 ft. (1-27 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Pacific Coast of Mexico to Panama, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef
Note: The subspecies Ostracion meleagris camurum is found in the Hawaiian Islands and Ostracion meleagris clippertonense in the Eastern Pacific
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Actinopteri (Superclass)
    └Teleostei (Class)
     └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
      └Ostraciidae (Family)
       └Ostracion (Genus)
        └O. meleagris (Species)

Odd-Shaped Swimmers
Boxfishes

Spotted Boxfish (Male)

Spotted Boxfish (Female)

Longhorn Cowfish

Thornback Cowfish

Yellow Boxfish (Juvenile)

Yellow Boxfish (Intermediate Adult)

Yellow Boxfish (Adult)



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