Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Ostraciidae > Acanthostracion > Acanthostracion polygonius

Acanthostracion polygonius (Cowfish; Honeycomb Cowfish; Trunkfish)

Synonyms: Acanthostracion poligonos; Acanthostracion polygonia; Lactophrys polygonia; Lactophrys polygonius; Lactophrys saxatilis
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Wikipedia Abstract

The honeycomb cowfish, Acanthostracion polygonius, belongs to the Ostraciidae family and is closely related to boxfish and trunkfish.
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Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Holacanthus ciliaris (Yellow angelfish)1

Predators

Carcharhinus perezii (Caribbean reef shark)[1]

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.
♦ 2Sponge-feeding fishes of the West Indies, J. E. Randall and W. D. Hartman, Marine Biol. 1, 216-225 (1968)
♦ 3Gibson, 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