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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 37076Ichthyology

Ostracion meleagris

Spotted Boxfish

As recorded: Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796

Animalia › Chordata › Tetraodontiformes › Ostraciidae

Collected by
R.M. Severns
Date
September 1, 1993
Locality
Maui
Island
Maui
Record type
Preserved specimen
60 Bishop specimens of Ostracion meleagris · collected 1901–1993Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 1, 1993, R.M. Severns also collected 1 other specimen.

Grammicolepididae

Ichthyology

Cite this specimen

Ostracion meleagris. BPBM 37076. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37857819. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/37076.

Record sources

Data-quality notes from GBIF

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

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