Ostraciidae

scrawled cowfish

Acanthostracion quadricornis

Paired spines near the eyes and chest under hexagonal plates

• Cross-climate
• Temperate
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• North America
• South America
• Deep-bodied
• Large
• Tropical fish

scrawled cowfish is known around Atlantic Ocean as a marine fish; It occurs in reef habitat, and records give a maximum length of 55 cm.