Acanthostracion polygonius

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lexID:

3245 

AphiaID:

158919 

Scientific:

Acanthostracion polygonius 

German:

Waben-Kofferfisch 

English:

Honeycomb Cowfish 

Category:

Kuffertfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Ostraciidae (Family) > Acanthostracion (Genus) > polygonius (Species) 

Initial determination:

Poey, 1876 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Suriname, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Barbados, Guatemala, Columbia, the Netherlands Antilles, Trindade and Martim Vaz, Venezuela, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Uruguay, French Guiana, Cuba, Panama, Anguilla, Antigua og Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brasilien, Britiske Jomfruøer, Cayman øerne, Curacao, Dominica, Dominikanske republik, Florida, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Martinique, Mexikanske golf, Montserrat, Nicaragua, St. Kitts og Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent og Grenadinerne, Syd Afrika, Trinidad og Tobago, Turks og Caicos øerne, USA, Vestlige Atlanterhav, Virgin Islands, U.S. 

Sea depth:

3 - 80 Meter 

Size:

bis zu 50cm 

Temperature:

23°C - 27°C 

Food:

Sponges, Artemia, Koral polypper, Krill, Rejer, Stenrejer 

Tank:

~ 2000 Liter 

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Acanthostracion guineensis
• 
  Acanthostracion notacanthus
  Kofferfisch
• 
  Acanthostracion polygonius
  Waben-Kofferfisch
• 
  Acanthostracion quadricornis
  Kofferfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-06-30 22:58:07 

Last edit:

2019-09-11 20:11:27 

Toxicity

Acanthostracion polygonius is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Acanthostracion polygonius, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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