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The scrawled cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis) is a species of boxfish native to the western tropical and equatorial Atlantic, as well as the Gulf of Mexico.They range in size from 8–15 inches (20–38 cm), with a maximum length of 18 inches (46 cm), and can be found at depths between 6 and 80 feet (1.8 and 24.4 m).
Rafinesque, 1810. Genera. See text. [1] Ostraciidae or Ostraciontidae[2] is a family of squared, bony fish belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, closely related to the pufferfishes and filefishes. Fish in the family are known variously as boxfishes, cofferfishes, cowfishes and trunkfishes. It contains about 23 extant species in 6 extant genera.
Tetrosomus gibbosus, commonly called camel cowfish because of the hump on its dorsal keel, is one of 22 species in the boxfish family, Ostraciidae. [2] It is a ray finned fish. Other common names include helmet cowfish, humpback turretfish and thornbacked boxfish. It is most closely related to T. reipublicae, the smallspine turretfish. [3]
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus: [1] Acanthostracion guineensis ( Bleeker, 1865) Acanthostracion notacanthus ( Bleeker, 1863) (Island cowfish) Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876 (Honeycomb cowfish) Acanthostracion quadricornis ( Linnaeus, 1758) (Scrawled cowfish)
S. Saltmarsh topminnow; Sand shiner; Sauger; Scioto madtom; Scrawled cowfish; Sea lamprey; Selene setapinnis; Sheepshead minnow; Sabine shiner; Sandbar shiner ...
The longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta), also called the horned boxfish, is a species of boxfish from the family Ostraciidae, recognizable by its long horns that protrude from the front of its head, rather like those of a cow or bull. [1] They are a resident of the Indo-Pacific region and can grow up to 50 cm (20 in) long.
Scrawled cowfish This page was last edited on 6 February 2020, at 05:32 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4 ...
The seven native fish species regularly seen in fresh water are the flagtail Kuhlia xenura, the mullet Mugil cephalus, the gobies Awaous stamineus, Lentipes concolor, Sicyopterus stimpsoni and Stenogobius hawaiiensis, and the sleeper goby Eleotris sandwicensis. [6][7] Three of the gobies, A. stamineus, L. concolor and S. stimpsoni, are famous ...