Scientific Name	Ostracion meleagris   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Shaw, 1796	Depth	1 - 30M
Chinese	米點箱魨	Poisonous Fish	Yes
Family_Chinese	箱魨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F507　Ostraciidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	白點箱魨
Max Length	25 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	花木瓜、箱河魨、海牛港、木瓜(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pan_Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Nan Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal、Lagoon	Holotype Locality	Southern Ocean [South Pacific]
Synonyms	Ostracion camurum, Ostracion clippertonense, Ostracion lentiginosus, Ostracion meleagris meleagris, Ostracion punctatus, Ostracion sebae, Ostracium sebae
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；中國動物誌-魨形目(蘇等, 2002)  Leis, J.M. etc. 1985 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 蘇錦祥, 李春生 編著 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0054726. ASIZP0056868. ASIZP0058824. ASIZP0058896. ASIZP0059629. NMMSTP00828. NTUM01315. NTUM01317. NTUM01318. NTUM01320. NTUM01321. NTUM01322. NTUM01679.
Common Name	Whitespotted boxfish; Spotted boxfish; Spotted trunkfish; Box; Blue-spotted boxfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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