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Tetrosomus gibbosus
Species of fish / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tetrosomus gibbosus, commonly called camel cowfish because of the hump on its dorsal keel, is one of 22 species in the boxfish family, Ostraciidae.[2] It is a ray finned fish. Other common names include helmet cowfish, humpback turretfish and thornbacked boxfish. It is most closely related to T. reipublicae, the smallspine turretfish.[3] T. gibbosus is a species of boxfish found in the wide Indo-West Pacific. It has been recorded since 1988 on rare occasions in the Levantine waters of the Mediterranean Sea, likely following entry via the Suez Canal.[4] It is the first species from the family Ostraciidae to be found in the Mediterranean Sea.[5]
Camel cowfish | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Ostraciidae |
Genus: | Tetrosomus |
Species: | T. gibbosus |
Binomial name | |
Tetrosomus gibbosus | |
It carries some value in the aquarium trade, but is difficult to keep.[6]