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title: "Gestreifter Schmuckkofferfisch"
description: "Aracana aurita — Fische. Aracana aurita, the Shaw's cowfish, painted boxfish, southern cowfish or striped cowfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Aracanidae, the deepwater boxfishes or temperate boxfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/shaw-s-cowfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Gestreifter Schmuckkofferfisch

> Aracana aurita — Fische. Aracana aurita, the Shaw's cowfish, painted boxfish, southern cowfish or striped cowfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Aracanidae, the deepwater boxfishes or temperate boxfishes.

- Scientific name: *Aracana aurita*
- Category: `fish` (Fische)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 2027
- Wikidata: [Q774707](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q774707)
- iNaturalist taxon: [196868](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/196868)

## Names

- en: Shaw's Cowfish
- de: Gestreifter Schmuckkofferfisch
- es: Cofre de Shaw

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1972)

## Summary

Aracana aurita, the Shaw's cowfish, painted boxfish, southern cowfish or striped cowfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Aracanidae, the deepwater boxfishes or temperate boxfishes. This species is endemic to the seas off  southern Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aracana_aurita

## Photo

![Gestreifter Schmuckkofferfisch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/shaw-s-cowfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: unknown · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aracana_aurita.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/shaw-s-cowfish?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).