Acanthostracion

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Classification

Genus: Acanthostracion
Family: Ostraciidae - Boxfishes
Order: Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Species

Scrawled cowfish
(Acanthostracion quadricornis)

Acanthostracion guineense

Island cowfish
(Acanthostracion notacanthus)

Honeycomb cowfish
(Acanthostracion polygonium)

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