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Ostracion meleagris in life
In life — Spotted Boxfish, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Nigel Marsh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nigel Marsh
BPBM 10392Ichthyology

Ostracion meleagris

Spotted Boxfish

As recorded: Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796

Animalia › Chordata › Tetraodontiformes › Ostraciidae

Date
October 16, 1961
Locality
Tahuata Island; Hana Hevane Bay
Record type
Preserved specimen
60 Bishop specimens of Ostracion meleagris · collected 1901–1993Species page ›

Collected the same day

On October 16, 1961, J.J. Magnuson, aboard R/V "Charles H. Gilbert" cruise 54 also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Ostracion meleagris. BPBM 10392. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37856895. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/10392.

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