Small toby or pufferfish? Hawaii

[kstark]

Saw this little fish next to Yellow Tang while snorkeling from beach in Kohala Coast area, Big Island, Hawaii. From the photo and also how I remember seeing it, the fish seems to only have spots on the top. I can't seem to find a fish that matches this one when trying to ID.
Here is a link to photo in my gallery

unidentified_31 - ScubaBoard Gallery

 

[knotical]

Looks very much like the photo of a Hawaiian Spotted Boxfish at the bottom of page 29 in Hoover's Hawaiian Reef Fishes.
A note on page 30 points out that the males of the local population usually lack the lower spots.

 

[kstark]

Thank you!

Looks very much like the photo of a Hawaiian Spotted Boxfish at the bottom of page 29 in Hoover's Hawaiian Reef Fishes.
A note on page 30 points out that the males of the local population usually lack the lower spots.

 

[Jim Greenfield]

Useful confirmation from Fishbase, see: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/6556

 

[sphyrnidus]

@Jim That link is not working.


Spotted Boxfish - Ostracion meleagris - Boxfishes - Whitespotted Boxfish - Tropical Pacific Reefs

and the Toby:
http://reefguide.org/hawaiianwhitespottedtoby.html?search=toby&area=all