These polka dot patterned fish vary in color between males and females, as well as between juveniles and adults. Males have blue bodies with yellow and white spots, while females have black bodies with white spots. When disturbed or stressed, they secrete a poisonous mucous from their skin in order to protect themselves from predators.
- Scientific Name
- Ostracion meleagris
- Classification
- Order: Tetraodontiformes, Family: Ostraciidae
- Habitat
- South of Wakayama Prefecture, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
