OSTRACIIDAE Ostracion meleagris, female, 7.0 cm SL (photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin) Ostracion meleagris, male (photo by Mark Strickland) Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796 Spotted Boxfish D 9; A 9; P1 11. Carapace quadrangular in cross section, having no spines and no median dorsal ridge. Color: males with blue body with many small, dark edged orange-yellow spots; dorsal side of body brown with many white spots. Juveniles and females, body dark brown with many small white spots. Size: maximum 18 cm. Distribution: widely distributed in Indo-West Pacific and eastern Pacific. Remarks: feeding on a wide variety of benthic organisms.