Sealife guideThe honeycomb cowfishAcanthostracion polygonium

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)
The honeycomb cowfish (Acanthostracion polygonium)
Within the same genus
Scrawled cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis)
Scrawled cowfish
(Acanthostracion quadricornis)
Within the same family
Yellow boxfish (Ostracion cubicus)
Yellow boxfish
(Ostracion cubicus)
Smooth trunkfish (Rhinesomus triqueter)
Smooth trunkfish
(Rhinesomus triqueter)
Spotted boxfish (Ostracion meleagris)
Spotted boxfish
(Ostracion meleagris)
Reticulate boxfish (Ostracion solorensis)
Reticulate boxfish
(Ostracion solorensis)
Spotted trunkfish (Lactophrys bicaudalis)
Spotted trunkfish
(Lactophrys bicaudalis)
Thornback cowfish (Lactoria fornasini)
Thornback cowfish
(Lactoria fornasini)
Explore also
Red sea anthias (Pseudanthias taeniatus)
Red sea anthias
(Pseudanthias taeniatus)
Yellowtail damselfish (Microspathodon chrysurus)
Yellowtail damselfish
(Microspathodon chrysurus)
Humbug damselfish (Dascyllus aruanus)
Humbug damselfish
(Dascyllus aruanus)
Exquisite fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus)
Exquisite fairy wrasse
(Cirrhilabrus exquisitus)
Black leopard wrasse (Macropharyngodon negrosensis)
Black leopard wrasse
(Macropharyngodon negrosensis)
Whitecheek monocle bream (Scolopsis vosmeri)
Whitecheek monocle bream
(Scolopsis vosmeri)
Lemonpeel angelfish (Centropyge flavissima)
Lemonpeel angelfish
(Centropyge flavissima)
Blue tang surgeonfish (Acanthurus coeruleus)
Blue tang surgeonfish
(Acanthurus coeruleus)
The marine species from Caribbean sea
Black triggerfish (Melichthys niger)
Black triggerfish
(Melichthys niger)
Caribbean giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta)
Caribbean giant barrel sponge
(Xestospongia muta)
Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Common bottlenose dolphin
(Tursiops truncatus)
French angelfish (Pomacanthus paru)
French angelfish
(Pomacanthus paru)
Gray angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus)
Gray angelfish
(Pomacanthus arcuatus)
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Great barracuda
(Sphyraena barracuda)
Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus)
Spanish hogfish
(Bodianus rufus)
Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
Tiger shark
(Galeocerdo cuvier)
Dive centers
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'Les Ilets' dive center
Noa Plongée
Noa dive center
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