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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 12837Ichthyology

Ostracion meleagris

Spotted Boxfish

As recorded: Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796

Animalia › Chordata › Tetraodontiformes › Ostraciidae

Collected by
J.E. Randall
Date
January 27, 1971
Locality
Rapa Island; off entrance to Haurei Bay; N of Rapa Iti (small island near bay entrance)
Depth
12 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
60 Bishop specimens of Ostracion meleagris · collected 1901–1993Species page ›

Cite this specimen

Ostracion meleagris. BPBM 12837. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37855923. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/12837.

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