Ostracion meleagris  (Shaw, 1796)
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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Suborder: Balistoidei
Superfamily: Ostracioidea
Family: Ostraciidae
Subfamily: Ostraciinae
Genus: Ostracion
Species: meleagris

  • Common names: White-spotted boxfish
  • 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. 
  • Image locations: Krabi (Koh Phi Phi Marine N.P.)
  • Environment: Marine
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Ostracion meleagris from Thailand.
Ostracion meleagris, White-spotted boxfish.jpg
Ostracion meleagris (Spotted boxfish). Koh Phi Phi National Marine Park, Krabi Province. December, 2016.
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