Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii Reefs

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
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)
      └Balistoidei (Suborder)
       └Ostraciidae (Family)
        └Ostracion (Genus)
         └O. meleagris (Species)

Odd-Shaped Swimmers
Boxfishes

Spotted Boxfish (Male)

Spotted Boxfish (Female)

Whitley's Boxfish

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