WoRMS name details
Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876
158919 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158919)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Poey, F. (1876). Enumeratio piscium cubensium (Parte Segunda). <em>Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid.</em> v. 5 (for 5 Apr. 1876): 131-176 [89-134] (3 May), 177-218 [135-176] (4 Oct.), Pls. 7-10. [Double pagination. Also a separate including parts 2-3, pp. 89-209, Pls. 4-9. Part 3 continues in v. 5; Part 4, Index in v. 6 (1877).]. [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Caribbean and Antilles. Absent from the Gulf of Mexico.
Distribution Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Caribbean and Antilles. Absent from the Gulf of Mexico. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Acanthostracion polygonius Poey, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158919 on 2025-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Poey, F. (1876). Enumeratio piscium cubensium (Parte Segunda). <em>Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Madrid.</em> v. 5 (for 5 Apr. 1876): 131-176 [89-134] (3 May), 177-218 [135-176] (4 Oct.), Pls. 7-10. [Double pagination. Also a separate including parts 2-3, pp. 89-209, Pls. 4-9. Part 3 continues in v. 5; Part 4, Index in v. 6 (1877).]. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
basis of record Robins, C. R.; Ray, G. C.; Douglass, J.; Freund, R. (1986). A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. <em>Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston.</em> 1-354. [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and Bermuda to Brazil, including the Caribbean and Antilles. Absent from the Gulf of Mexico. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | honeycomb cowfish | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthostracion polygonius)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Acanthostracion polygonius, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthostracion polygonius USNM 405797 lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthostracion polygonius USNM 405798 lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthostracion polygonius)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Acanthostracion polygonius, by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthostracion polygonius USNM 405797 lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Acanthostracion polygonius USNM 405798 lateral view)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
