Fish Identification

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Ostraciidae Boxfishes
Genus: Acanthostracion

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4 species

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Photo by FAO

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 18 cm TL
Acanthostracion guineense (Bleeker, 1865)
Photo by FAO
 
Acanthostracion guineense
Photo by Wirtz, P.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Acanthostracion notacanthus (Bleeker, 1863)
Photo by Wirtz, P.
 
Acanthostracion notacanthus
[Island cowfish]
Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Acanthostracion polygonium Poey, 1876
Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory
 
Acanthostracion polygonium
[Honeycomb cowfish]
Photo by Pialek, L.

Atlantic Ocean
Max. Length 55 cm TL
Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Photo by Pialek, L.
 
Acanthostracion quadricornis
[Scrawled cowfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Acanthostracion guineense Eastern Atlantic 18 TL 1865
Acanthostracion notacanthus Island cowfish Eastern Atlantic 50 TL 1863
Acanthostracion polygonium Honeycomb cowfish Western Atlantic 50 TL 1876
Acanthostracion quadricornis Scrawled cowfish Atlantic Ocean 55 TL 1758



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          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

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