Bluespotted boxfish

Ostracion immaculatum

Twenty Five Centimeters Ostraciid Fish from Northwest Pacific

Blue
Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Medium
Temperate fish

Ostracion immaculatum, the bluespotted boxfish or immaculate boxfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. This species is found in the Western Pacific Ocean off Eastern Asia.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family: Ostraciidae
Genus: Ostracion
Maximum length: 25 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: Japan. Closely related to Ostracion cubicum from Indo-Pacific.

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