Acanthostracion quadricornis

Acanthostracion quadricornis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tetraodontiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Tetraodontiformes

Familia: Ostraciidae
Genus: Acanthostracion
Species: Acanthostracion quadricornis

Name

• Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Original combination: Ostracion quadricornis

Synonyms

• Ostracion tricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 331. Reference page. 
• Acanthostracion quadricornis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Acanthostracion quadricornis in the World Register of Marine Species
• Acanthostracion quadricornis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

• English: Scrawled cowfish
• português: Baiacu-chifrudo, baiacu-de-chifre, chifrudo, taoca, peixe-boi, peixe-vaca
• svenska: Redigerar Fyrhornig koffertfisk