Description

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Common Names

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Ornate cowfish , English , Australia

Muster-arakaan , Estonian , Estonia

Mustriline arakaan , Estonian , Estonia

Schmuck-Kofferfisch , German , Germany

丽六棱箱鲀 , Mandarin Chinese , China

麗六棱箱魨 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Tetraodontiformes

Family: Aracanidae

Genus: Aracana

Species: Aracana ornata (Gray, 1838)

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Eastern Indian Ocean: Australia.

Biology

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Occurs in shallow waters, more commonly in depths less than 20 m (Ref. 9563).

Habitat

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demersal