Species sheet
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Black boxfish
Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796
AnimalsBox fish
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
Reunion IslandMayotteNew CaledoniaPolynesia
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / Snorkelling
Other common names
- Blue-spotted boxfishBritish English
- Spotted boxfishBritish English
- Whitespotted boxfishBritish English
- Pupukea (Hawaï)American English
- KofferfichGerman (Germany)
- Weisstüpfel-KofferfischGerman (Germany)
- Cofre manchadoEuropean Spanish
- Cofre moteadoEuropean Spanish
- Pez caja del PacificoEuropean Spanish
- Poisson-coffre pintadeFrench (France)
- Coffre à taches blanchesFrench (France)
- Coffre pintadeIl était appelé coffre pointillé ou ostracion pointillé par les auteurs des XVIIIème et XIXème siècles.French (France)
Other invalid scientific names
- Ostracion camurum
- Ostracion clippertonense
- Ostracion lentiginosus
- Ostracion meleagris
- Ostracion punctatus
- Ostracion sebae
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Sources
- BOURJON Philippe, SITTLER Alain-Pierre in : DORIS, 22/09/2013 : Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796, https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/2182
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 18/09/2026 : Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796, https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/1978
Modification history
- Created by BioObs user on 18/09/2026
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