Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Balistoidei (Suborder)
      └Ostraciidae (Family) Boxfishes
       └Acanthostracion (Genus)
        └A. quadricornis (Species)
WoRMS ID: 158920🔗
iNaturalist ID: 49925🔗

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