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White-spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris)
Description
Français : Un poisson-coffre pintade (Ostracion meleagris) mâle à la Réunion.
Date 13 February 2013, 11:59:09
Source Don de l'auteur
Author Philippe Bourjon
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ostracion_meleagris_m%C3%A2le.JPG
The white-spotted boxfish or whitespotted boxfish, Ostracion meleagris, is a species of boxfish found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is found on reefs at depths of from 1 to 30 metres. This species grows to a length of 25 centimetres TL. 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. Order: Tetraodontiformes, Family: Ostraciidae. |
