Acanthostracion quadricornis Scrawled cowfish

Acanthostracion quadricornis is commonly referred to as Scrawled cowfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Solo per acquariofili esperti. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: toxic.

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lexID:

1586 

AphiaID:

158920 

Scientific:

Acanthostracion quadricornis 

German:

Horn-Kofferfisch, Bekritzelter Kofferfisch, Vierhorn-Kofferfisch, Kuhfisch 

English:

Scrawled Cowfish 

Category:

Pesci scatola 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Ostraciidae (Family) > Acanthostracion (Genus) > quadricornis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Namibia, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South-Africa, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 80 Meter 

Habitats:

Reef-associated, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

6.69" - 21.65" (17cm - 55cm) 

Temperature:

22,3 °F - 82.4 °F (22,3°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Coral polyps = corallivorous, Crustaceans, Hermit crabs, Invertebrates, Predatory, Sea anemones, Sea squirts, Sponges 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Solo per acquariofili esperti 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Acanthostracion guineensis
• 
  Acanthostracion notacanthus
  Kofferfisch
• Acanthostracion polygonius
• 
  Acanthostracion quadricornis
  Horn-Kofferfisch, Bekritzelter Kofferfisch, Vierhorn-Kofferfisch, Kuhfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Acanthostracion polygonium
  Waben-Kofferfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-09-04 10:47:19 

Last edit:

2024-10-26 18:10:39 

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