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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 23632Ichthyology

Ostracion meleagris

Spotted Boxfish

As recorded: Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796

Animalia › Chordata › Tetraodontiformes › Ostraciidae

Collected by
R/V "Townsend Cromwell" cruise 32, station 62station →V Townsend Cromwell cruise 32 →
Date
September 9, 1967
Locality
Lanai; W side
Island
Lānaʻi
Region
United States
Coordinates
20.7000, -156.9830
Depth
15 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
60 Bishop specimens of Ostracion meleagris · collected 1901–1993Species page ›

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Ostracion meleagris. BPBM 23632. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37858440. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/23632.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

  • Name matched only at a higher rank (e.g. genus)

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