Striped Cowfish
Aracana aurita
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,477
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Aracana aurita, the Shaw's cowfish, painted boxfish, southern cowfish or striped cowfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Aracanidae, the deepwater boxfishes or temperate boxfishes. This species is endemic to the seas off southern Australia.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Aracana aurita”.