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Ornate Cowfish

Shaw's Cowfish

SPINY BOXFISH

Capropygia unistriata (Kaup)

The deep water Spiny Boxfish  is related to Shaw's, the Ornate Cowfish and  the White-barred Boxfish.  The Spiny Boxfish has much larger eyes for its size and is a plainer colour  than the other species to compensate for the low light levels at greater depths.

Deep water species generally captured while trawling but occasionally washed up on beaches. 

Western Australia and South Australia

Grows 10.7 cms

Spiny Boxfish