Acanthostracion quadricornis

Author
Linnaeus, 1758
Common Names
  • Scrawled Cowfish
  • Cowfish
  • Shellfish
  • Trunkfish

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
80 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Cape Cod to southern Brazil, Antilles
Habitat-Biology
  • demersal
  • coral reef
References

  • Matsuura, K. 2002d. Ostraciidae. Pp. 1980–1987 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3. Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 2005. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 1004 pp.

  • Tyler, J. C. 1965. The trunkfish genus Acanthostracion (Ostraciontidae, Plectognathi) in the western Atlantic: two species rather than one. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 117: 1–18.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-08-2024.

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