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Scrawled Cowfish

Acanthostracion quadricornis

Also known as: Cowfish, Trunkfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
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Adult
@TiffanyS · Ana Maria, United States · November 20141 / 6
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Overview

Found singly, mainly over seagrass beds and walls remaining motionless, blending in with the background, if detected will quickly retreat.

The bodies of Boxfish are covered in a toxic mucus which can be released when stressed.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
blue lineslines
Behaviour
camouflagedhidessolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 5
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Found singly, mainly over seagrass beds and walls remaining motionless, blending in with the background, if detected will quickly retreat.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderTetraodontiformes
    5. familyOstraciidae
    6. genusAcanthostracion
    7. speciesAcanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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