Acanthostracion notacanthus Island cowfish

Acanthostracion notacanthus is commonly referred to as Island cowfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: 5 - Svår. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

4733 

AphiaID:

127410 

Scientific:

Acanthostracion notacanthus 

German:

Kofferfisch 

English:

Island Cowfish 

Category:

Koffertfiskar 

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Bleeker, ), 1863 

Occurrence:

Ghana, Angola, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, São Tomé e Principé, West Africa 

Size:

up to 19.69" (50 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Invertebrates, Sea squirts, Sea weed, Sponges, Worms 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

5 - Svår 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Acanthostracion guineensis
• 
  Acanthostracion notacanthus
  Kofferfisch
• Acanthostracion polygonius
• 
  Acanthostracion quadricornis
  Horn-Kofferfisch, Bekritzelter Kofferfisch, Vierhorn-Kofferfisch, Kuhfisch

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Acanthostracion polygonium
  Waben-Kofferfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-10-15 14:00:55 

Last edit:

2012-10-15 14:00:55 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Acanthostracion notacanthus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Acanthostracion notacanthus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Acanthostracion notacanthus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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