Acanthostracion quadricornis Scrawled cowfish

Acanthostracion quadricornisis commonly referred to as Scrawled cowfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

1586 

AphiaID:

158920 

Scientific:

Acanthostracion quadricornis 

German:

Kofferfisch 

English:

Scrawled Cowfish 

Category:

Boxfishes/Cowfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Ostraciidae (Family) > Acanthostracion (Genus) > quadricornis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Suriname, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Namibia, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South-Africa, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 80 Meter 

Size:

up to 21.65" (55 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 78.8 °F (22°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimps, Flakes, Frozen Food (large sort), Mysis, Zooplankton 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Acanthostracion guineensis
• 
  Acanthostracion notacanthus
  Kofferfisch
• Acanthostracion polygonius
• 
  Acanthostracion quadricornis
  Kofferfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Acanthostracion polygonium
  Waben-Kofferfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-09-04 10:47:19 

Last edit:

2017-04-23 16:56:13 

Captive breeding / propagation

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Acanthostracion quadricornis has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Acanthostracion quadricornis in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Acanthostracion quadricornis. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

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