Four Horned Trunkfish

Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus 1758)

David Remsen cc-by-nc-4.0

Acanthostracion quadricornis (Four Horned Trunkfish) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family boxfishes. Individuals can grow to 55.0 cm.

EOL has data for 20 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
show all records
20 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
show all records
India
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1269750
show all records
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
show all records
guyot
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000265
- Definition: A flat-topped seamount.
show all records
habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
show all records
marine
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000569
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on a sea or ocean containing high concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids (typically >35 grams dissolved salts per litre).
show all records
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
show all records
reef
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000130
- Definition: A ridge of rocks, lying near the surface of the sea, which may be visible at low tide, but is usually covered by water.
show all records
has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
show all records
Haliotrema lactophrys (MacCallum 1915) Vala, Maillard & Overstreet
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
show all records
Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus 1758) (Four-Horned Trunkfish)
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
show all records
Stable
Total length
- URI: http://purl.org/obo/owlATOL_0001660
- Definition: length from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of the caudal fin, usually measured with the lobes compressed along the midline. It is a straight-line measure, not measured over the curve of the body
show all records
55.0 cm
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
show all records
75 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
show all records
27.274 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Four-Horned Trunkfish. View this species on GBIF

David Remsen cc-by-nc-4.0