Scientific Name
Ostracion meleagris  
Pronounce  
Ostracion meleagris米點箱魨
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 NL Not in IUCN Redlist     
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