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Acanthostracion quadricornis (Trunkfish; Shellfish; Scrawled cowfish; Cowfish)

Synonyms: Acanthostracion tricornis; Lactophrys quadricornis; Lactophrys tricornis; Ostracion quadricornis; Ostracion tricornis
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Wikipedia Abstract

The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis, belongs to the Ostraciidae family and is closely related to boxfish and trunkfish. They range in size from 8-15 inches, with a maximum length of 18 inches, and can be found at depths between 6 and 80 feet. It is common to occasional in Florida and Bahamas; occasional to uncommon in the Caribbean. It may occur in the Gulf of Mexico, north to Massachusetts, Bermuda and south to Brazil in tropical and temperate waters.
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Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Aluterus scriptus (unicornfish)1
Cantherhines pullus (Tobaccofish)1
Haemulon parra (Sand grunt)1
Pomacanthus paru (French angelfish)1

Predators

Carcharhinus leucas (Zambezi shark)[1]
Carcharhinus limbatus (Spot-fin ground shark)[1]
Carcharhinus perezii (Caribbean reef shark)[1]
Galeocerdo cuvier (Tiger-shark)[1]
Octopus briareus (Caribbean reef octopus)[4]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
♦ 3Sponge-feeding fishes of the West Indies, J. E. Randall and W. D. Hartman, Marine Biol. 1, 216-225 (1968)
♦ 4CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0