Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Scrawled Cowfish
Acanthostracion quadricornis
Scrawled Cowfish
Category: Boxfishes
Scientific Name: Acanthostracion quadricornis
Size: 8 to 15 in. (20 to 38 cm)  
Depth: 6-80 ft. (2-25 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Gulf of America, Bermuda
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Balistoidei (Suborder)
      └Ostraciidae (Family)
       └Acanthostracion (Genus)
        └A. quadricornis (Species)
WoRMS ID: 158920🔗
iNaturalist ID: 49925🔗

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