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title: "Spotted Boxfish"
description: "Ostracion meleagris — Peixes. The spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris), also known as the black boxfish, ornate boxfish or white-spotted boxfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/spotted-boxfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Spotted Boxfish

> Ostracion meleagris — Peixes. The spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris), also known as the black boxfish, ornate boxfish or white-spotted boxfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes.

- Scientific name: *Ostracion meleagris*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4901
- Wikidata: [Q497346](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q497346)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47527](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47527)

## Names

- en: Spotted Boxfish
- de: Weißpunkt-Kofferfisch
- es: Cofre moteado
- fr: Poisson-coffre pintade

## Countries with the most observations

US (2054), ID (637), MX (371), AU (130), PF (116), RE (109), MV (104), PH (88), CR (71), EC (69), TH (67), PA (55)

## Summary

The spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris), also known as the black boxfish, ornate boxfish or white-spotted boxfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. This species is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.  It occurs on reefs at depths of from 1 to 30 metres (3.3 to 98.4 feet).  This species grows to a length of 25 centimetres (9.8 inches). Males and females differ in colour: males are blackish on the back with white spots, and have bluish sides with bright yellowish bands and spots. Females and juveniles are dark brown to blackish with white spots.  As with…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_boxfish

## Photo

![Spotted Boxfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-boxfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Theo Summer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202249479

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-boxfish?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).