Spotted box fish (male)

Scientific name : Ostracion meleagris

Typical box shape, the female is black covered with white spots. The male, derivating from an old female (this species is hermaphroditic), has white spotted black back and yellow spotted blue sides, with a yellow line separating black and blue. 16 cm. It feeds on sponges and other invertebrates. n our area confusion is possible with Ostracion solorensis, that in female phases is striped, in male phases has never yellow spots. Ostracion cyanurus, common in the Red Sea, has female phases very similar, but the male has no yellow spots.