spotted boxfish

Ostracion meleagris

Fish Reaching Twenty Five Centimeters in Indo Pacific

Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
North America
Oceania
Deep-bodied
Medium
Tropical fish

spotted boxfish is known around Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 25 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Puffers, Triggerfishes, and Allies
Family: Ostraciidae
Genus: Ostracion
Maximum length: 25 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific: East Africa to the Mexico, north to southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, south to New Caledonia and the Tuamoto Islands. The subspecies Ostracion meleagris camurum is found in the Hawaiian Islands and Ostracion meleagris clippertonense in the Eastern Pacific. Species replaced by Ostracion cyanurus in Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

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