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The scrawled cowfish was first formally described as Ostracion quadricornis by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, published in 1758. Linnaeus erroneously gave the type locality of this species as "India". [3] In 1865 Pieter Bleeker proposed a new subgenus of Ostracion which he called Acanthostracion.
Acanthostracion was first proposed as a subgenus of Ostracion in 1865 by the Dutch physician, herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker.Bleeker did not designate a type species when he first used the name in his paper Notice sur les ostracions, confondus sous le nom d'Ostracion quadricornis L. et description des Ostracion notacanthus et guineensis but designated Ostracion quadricornis as ...
Acanthostracion nothacanthus is classified within the genus Acanthostracion, this name combines acanthus, which means "spine" or "thorn", with ostracion.Bleeker originally proposed this taxon as a subgenus of the genus Ostracion The Specific name, nothacanthus, combines notos, which means "back" with acanthos, meaning "spine" or "thorn", a reference to the spine-like projection on the third ...
The largest species in the suborder are the scrawled cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis) and the buffalo trunkfish (Lactophrys trigonus) each with a maximum published total length of 55 cm (22 in), [7] while the smallest species are just above 10 cm (3.9 in) in length. [8]
The honeycomb cowfish is classified within the genus Acanthostracion, this name combines acanthus, which means "spine" or "thorn", with ostracion.Bleeker originally proposed this taxon as a subgenus of the genus Ostracion The Specific name, polygonius, means "many angled", a reference to the hexagonal patterning on the carapce of this fish.
Acanthostracion guineense is classified within the genus Acanthostracion, this name combines acanthus, which means "spine" or "thorn", with ostracion.Bleeker originally proposed this taxon as a subgenus of the genus Ostracion The Specific name means "of Guinea", it is sometimes written as giuneensis but the genus name is neuter so guineense is correct.
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