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title: "Acanthostracion polygonius"
description: "Acanthostracion polygonium — Ryby. The honeycomb cowfish (Acanthostracion polygonius), is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/honeycomb-cowfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Acanthostracion polygonius

> Acanthostracion polygonium — Ryby. The honeycomb cowfish (Acanthostracion polygonius), is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes.

- Scientific name: *Acanthostracion polygonium*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1425
- Wikidata: [Q481695](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q481695)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1315642](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1315642)

## Names

- en: Honeycomb Cowfish
- de: Bienenwaben-Kofferfisch
- es: Torito hexagonal
- fr: Poisson-coffre nid d'abeille
- it: Acanthostracion polygonius
- nl: Acanthostracion polygonius
- pt: Acanthostracion polygonius
- pl: Acanthostracion polygonius

## Countries with the most observations

MX (283), CW (90), BR (84), US (77), AW (39), KY (38), CO (37), BS (28), TT (27), BL (24), MQ (23), DO (21)

## Summary

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

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

## Photo

![Acanthostracion polygonius](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/honeycomb-cowfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/321952285

## Machine access

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