Honeycomb cowfish
| Honeycomb cowfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Ostraciidae |
| Genus: | Acanthostracion |
| Species: | A. polygonius |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876 | |
Acanthostracion polygonius cowfish
The honeycomb cowfish, Acanthostracion polygonius, belongs to the Ostraciidae family and is closely related to boxfish and trunkfish.
References
- "Acanthostracion polygonius". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 January 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2005). "Acanthostracion polygonia" in FishBase. August 2005 version.
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