Size: 8-18 in.
ID: Blue marks on yellow body, from snout to anal
fin is a bottom blue line,
eye spine, two sharp spines in front of anal fin
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Tetraodontiformes / Boxfishes
Family: Ostraciidae / Boxfishes, Cowfishes,
and Trunkfishes
Genus Species: Lactophrysquadricornis / Scrawled
Cowfish
Habitat: varied: grass beds to walls
Typical food: tunicates, sponges, anemones, crustaceans,
gorgonians, plants
Other information: wary; colors change for camouflage
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