Sealife guideThe honeycomb cowfishAcanthostracion polygonium
Last updated on 05/23/2024 at 10:55 PM
Taxonomy
- Common name: Honeycomb cowfish
- French name: Poisson coffre nid d'abeille
- Spanish name: Torito hexagonal
- Scientific name: Acanthostracion polygonium (Poey, 1876)
- Family name: Ostraciidae
- Order name: Tetraodontiformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
The honeycomb cowfish (Acanthostracion polygonium)
Within the same genus
Scrawled cowfish
(Acanthostracion quadricornis)
Within the same family
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(Ostracion solorensis)
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(Rhinesomus triqueter)
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(Ostracion meleagris)
Spotted trunkfish
(Lactophrys bicaudalis)
Thornback cowfish
(Lactoria fornasini)
Yellow boxfish
(Ostracion cubicus)
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