Cowfish facts: also boxfish facts

Cowfish facts: also boxfish facts | Animal Fact Files

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Cowfish are also known as boxfish and trunkfish. They get these common names from their boxy shape as well as the cow-like horns present in some species! Cowfish are tropical fish occurring in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans. They are generally shallow water fish, not typically found below a depth of 328 feet (100m). Cowfish have hexagonal patterns on their skin which come from the shells that almost completely encase their bodies! If disturbed, cowfish can release a toxic to ward off predators and potentially gravely affect other nearby smaller animals (like coral polyps). Cowfish are like underwater helicopters because they can fully rotate in place, but they sacrifice speed for this maneuverability.
Scientific Name: Family - Ostraciidae
Range: lagoons, bays, reefs, and seaweed beds of India, Atlantic, Pacific oceans
Size: up to 20in (50cm) usually not even half this
Diet: sponges, tunicates, soft corals, crustaceans, worms as well as algae
Lifespan: less than a decade
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@lonnieruff7559 Жыл бұрын

I had a long horn cowfish , it was so cool we hand fed him fro. The size of a quarter they are actually very intelligent he would spit water at u if he was hungry or wanted to be pet

@speedybrute 3 жыл бұрын

Could you do one on the raft spider? That would be great!

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

Cool idea! Thanks for the suggestion. I'll add it to the list!

@jesicasandoval1307 9 ай бұрын

I love boxfish

@jadenl629 Жыл бұрын

These fishes are so cool!🤩Thanks for the video and keep up the awesome work!😃

@hollymthws228 Жыл бұрын

Nice. Short but very informative.

@kafanereyetekeroraya5643 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video can you try aquatic civets

@mariashaffer-gordon3561 3 жыл бұрын

Cowfish is one of my favorite fish. I've only seen honeycomb cowfish. Watching one change color (brown to blue to green) blew my mind. I wish you'd shown that. Also, I found it somewhat disconcerting when you were talking about cowfish but showing non-cowfish boxfish/trunkfish.

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting! We intended for this episode to be about cowfish, trunkfish, boxfish, etc. so maybe that's where the confusion is coming from? Hope you enjoyed it regardless!

@akaniotevanos9861 3 жыл бұрын

So cute!

@JenniferLupine 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful and wide variety of colors. I think I’ve seen them at an aquarium, I learned where they live in the ocean and how they reproduce 👍👌

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

It would be awesome to see them in real life!

@JenniferLupine 3 жыл бұрын

@@AnimalFactFiles Not sure where you live, but they used to have some Cowfish at the Seattle Aquarium. Btw, the Aquarium in Baltimore has an awesome sea turtle! I loved watching him! He has a name but I forgot what it is... they have a great open pool that you can watch from above - really nicely done! 👍👍

@Col28 3 жыл бұрын

Nice. They are very interesting looking, aren't they? I never knew they have outer shells like that. I guess I never thought about it given their shape. Thanks for the video!

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

These are officially "tank fish" in my head cannon just because of their structure

@tinyGrim1 3 жыл бұрын

They are beautiful, so many I did not know ! Cool ! The dead specimens are pretty actually to me. Interesting fish. Thank you. Awww, I wouldn't eat them.

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you learned something new! 💚

@tinyGrim1 3 жыл бұрын

@@AnimalFactFiles yeah , Thank you ❤️