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It has distinctive features such as a scrawled pattern of bluish markings covering its body a blue line runs from snout to anal fin and it has a pair of sharp spines above each eye, giving the name "cowfish" because they resemble the horns of a cow. This latter point distinguishes cowfish from trunkfish. Overall it is colored blue-green to yellow cast. However, it may darken, pale and change color. Significantly it has two sharp spines in front of anal fin. Pelvic fins and spiny dorsal fin are not found on the cowfish. Almost always there will be dark, blotchy spots along the body, and three to four horizontal lines on the cheek. They have usually less than fifteen teeth in each jaw. Learn more about Scrawled Cowfish
View related species in family group: Boxfish
Animalia: Chordata: Tetraodontiformes: Actinopterygii: Ostraciidae: Acanthostracion quadricornis