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Acanthostracion polygonium Poey, 1876

Honeycomb cowfish
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> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Ostraciidae (Boxfishes)
Etymology: Acanthostracion: Greek, akantha = thorn + Greek, ostrakon = shell (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Poey.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / Tiefenbereich / distribution range Ökologie

seewasser riff-verbunden; tiefenbereich 3 - 80 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 42°N - 35°S, 99°W - 34°W

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Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Caribbean and Antilles. Occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, off Florida, 25° 16'N, 83° 37'W (Ref.78464).

Size / Gewicht / Alter

Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 36453); common length : 25.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 5217); max. veröff. Gewicht: 152.40 g (Ref. 118626)

Kurzbeschreibung Bestimmungsschlüssel | Morphologie | Morphometrie

Bold pattern of hexagons outlined by narrow dark lines; centers and areas between hexagons pale (Ref. 26938). Purplish blue on sides and ventrally (Ref. 13442).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. epibenthic)

Occurs in clear water around coral reefs. Feeds on sponges, alcyonarians, tunicates, and shrimp. Uncommon and wary (Ref. 9710). Consumed fresh, generally roasted (Ref. 5217).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

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Smith-Vaniz, W.F., B.B. Collette and B.E. Luckhurst, 1999. Fishes of Bermuda: history, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 4. 424 p. (Ref. 35505)

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  nicht bedroht (LC) ; Date assessed: 07 June 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Bedrohung für Menschen

  Reports of ciguatera poisoning (Ref. 30303)





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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 21.4 - 28, mean 25.9 °C (based on 318 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.02818 (0.01685 - 0.04715), b=2.83 (2.68 - 2.98), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  2.0   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 120179):  hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (Fec assumed to be > 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100). 🛈
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 40.5 [15.5, 83.6] mg/100g; Iron = 0.66 [0.35, 1.46] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [15.5, 20.1] %; Omega3 = 0.0925 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 51.9 [24.9, 120.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 27.8 [6.2, 118.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.3 [0.8, 2.0] mg/100g (wet weight);