''Acanthostracion'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
boxfish
Ostraciidae is a family of squared, bony fish belonging to the order Tetraodontiformes, closely related to the pufferfishes and filefishes. Fish in the family are known variously as boxfishes, cofferfishes, cowfishes and trunkfishes. It contains ...
es native to the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
.
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:
[Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. ''Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.'']
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Acanthostracion guineensis''
(Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Acanthostracion notacanthus
The island cowfish (''Acanthostracion notacanthus'') is a species of ray-finned fish within the family Ostraciidae. The species occurs in the eastern Atlantic near Azores, Saint Helena and Ascension Island, Ghana, and Angola, with some individual ...
'' (Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Acanthostracion polygonius
The honeycomb cowfish (''Acanthostracion polygonius'') belongs to family Ostraciidae. It is also known simply as the trunkfish or cowfish.
Description
The honeycomb cowfish has armor-like, hexagonal scales covering most of its body. It is nam ...
'' Poey, 1876 (Honeycomb cowfish)
*''Acanthostracion quadricornis
''Acanthostracion'' is a genus of boxfishes native to the Atlantic Ocean.
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on prog ...
'' ( Linnaeus, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) (Scrawled cowfish)
References
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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