CowfishAcanthostracion polygonius

Facts

50.0 cm

Honeycomb Cowfish, Trunkfish

Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Caribbean and Antilles. Absent from the Gulf of Mexico.

saltwater

Acanthostracion

Ostraciidae

Tetraodontiformes

Actinopterygii

Chordata

Animalia

source: FishBase

Description

The honeycomb cowfish, Acanthostracion polygonius, belongs to the Ostraciidae family and is closely related to boxfish and trunkfish.

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source: Wikipedia

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