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Spotted Boxfish (Female or juvenile)

Ostracion meleagris

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21.3285, -158.123

Field Notes

Description:

Enclosed in rigid armor since only their fins, eyes, and mouth are movable. The body is blackish brown with white dots.

Habitat:

Found in reefs and shallow waters.

Notes:

Most boxfishes when stressed, can secrete a toxic slime from the thin layer of skin covering the carapace. The principal poison, Ostracitoxin, is not know to affect humans.

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Ostracion meleagris

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Eduardo.Rodriguez
Hi Kathleen, Thank you very much for the suggestion! I just joined the mission!!!
KathleenMcEachern
Hi Eduardo. Have you seen the mission Global Coral Reef Monitoring? you might like to join it and add you beautiful spottings to it! http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/6529308 Nice collection!

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Global Coral Reef Monitoring
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedJuly 23, 2014

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