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Acanthostracion polygonius
Early this morning taking a walk at the beach i find this incredible Honeycomb cawfish skin actually is possible to see small hexagon shields made of cartilage, Members of this family occur in a variety of different colors, and are notable for the hexagonal or "honeycomb" patterns on their skin. They swim in a rowing manner. The hexagonal plate-like scales of these fish are fused together into a solid, triangular, box-like carapace, from which the fins, tail, eyes and mouth protrude. Because of these heavy armoured scales, Ostraciidae are limited to slow movements, but few other fish are able to eat the adults.
Find in coral reef from Florida all Caribbean sea to north Brazil.
The various members of this family are able to secrete cationic surfactants through their skin which can act as a chemical defense mechanism. Wikipedia.
39 Comments (1–25)
Those look really cool on how that was cowfish skin. I never thought it would look like that
Thanks to you Dana :)
Thanks DrP done :)
I think this would be a great addition to the Life and Mathematics mission:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9071...
Fabulous spotting!
Thanks Susi, ncialia and outdooreducation :)
very cool pics
Gorgeous!
Thanks Toucan :)
Cool spotting and great pictures =)
Thanks TjTodd :)
Very cool!!!
Thanks Leanne, Karen Chun, Seema and Braulio :)
Incredible find Gerardo!
At first I thought it was some type of unusual snowflakes.
Wow! Awesome spot Gerardo!
very interesting
Awesome!
U should put it on the mission: Signs of Wildlife!
Thanks Mauna :)
Hey, add it to this mission!
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9071...
I was curious what Honeycomb Cowfish look like, so I google-imaged it and it looks AMAZING! It sure is beautiful inside AND outside!
Thanks so much Yuko :)
What is incredible about this (to me at least) is that these perfect hexagons are in the irregular shape such as fish! It's mind-blowing to me. Nature is perfect!
OMG the words can't describe how incredible this is! I'm awestruck! I'm so glad you found this and shared with us. Such an amazing spot!
Thanks Krystal and Carol :)