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title: "Scrawled Cowfish"
description: "Acanthostracion quadricornis — Pesci. The scrawled cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/scrawled-cowfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Scrawled Cowfish

> Acanthostracion quadricornis — Pesci. The scrawled cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes.

- Scientific name: *Acanthostracion quadricornis*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2351
- Wikidata: [Q481697](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q481697)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49925](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49925)

## Names

- en: Scrawled Cowfish
- de: Horn-Kofferfisch
- es: Torito cornudo
- fr: Poisson-coffre taureau

## Countries with the most observations

US (1450), MX (237), BZ (75), HN (70), PA (58), BM (41), VI (31), BS (28), PR (20), BL (18), CO (16), BR (14)

## Summary

The scrawled cowfish (Acanthostracion quadricornis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. This species is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Scrawled Cowfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scrawled-cowfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Robert Hongen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261853399

## Machine access

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