Honeycomb cowfish

Honeycomb cowfish
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.

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