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Honeycomb Cowfish

Acanthostracion polygonium

Also known as: Cowfish, Honeycomb Trunkfish, Trunkfish

LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@Maddix98k · Florida, United States · June 20211 / 1

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Overview

Juveniles are rounder and more colourful than adults, almost cube-shaped and yellow-orange with dark red dots. As they grow the horns appear, the body lengthens and the honeycomb pattern gradually forms.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
black lineswhite spots
Behaviour
camouflaged

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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RANGE
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Juvenile photos 1

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    ALL STAGES
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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderTetraodontiformes
    5. familyOstraciidae
    6. genusAcanthostracion
    7. speciesAcanthostracion polygonium Poey, 1876

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    06

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