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 PacificChordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Actinopteri (Superclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Tetraodontiformes (Order)
└Ostraciidae (Family)
└Ostracion (Genus)
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