Whitespotted boxfish (Eng) - Ostracion meleagris (Lat) - grows up to 16 cm,
feeds on benthic invertebrates, blows sand away by the trickle of water from his mouth while hunting
Habitat:
Indo-Pacific - Maldives, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, GBR, Papua - tropical and subtropical seas
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