Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Ostraciidae > Ostracion > Ostracion meleagris

Ostracion meleagris (pahu; Black boxfish; Blue-spotted boxfish; Box; Spotted boxfish; Spotted trunkfish; Whitespotted boxfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Ostracion meleagris, the White-spotted boxfish, is a species of boxfish found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is found on reefs at depths of from 1 to 30 metres (3.3 to 98.4 ft). This species grows to a length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in) TL. Males and females differ in colour: males are blackish on the back with white spots, and have bluish sides with bright yellowish bands and spots. Females and juveniles are dark brown to blackish with white spots.
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Infraspecies

Ostracion sebae sebae

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Diploproctodaeum momoaafata[1]
Haliotrema trochaderoi[2]
Paradiscogaster macrostomus[2]
Paradiscogaster ostracii[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0