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Bony fish

Longhorn Cowfish

Lactoria cornuta

Also known as: Cofferfish, Cowfish, Horned Boxfish, Horned Trunkfish, Long-horned Cowfish, Trunkfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2024
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@perigor2000 · Malapascua, Philippines · April 20161 / 4

Showing details for the juvenile stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Juveniles found in small schools, in brackish waters close to river mouths.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
black spotspots
Behaviour
schoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 4
LIVES IN

Juveniles found in small schools, in brackish waters close to river mouths.

RANGE
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Juvenile photos 4

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    FOR THE MARINE-BIOLOGY CURIOUS

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderTetraodontiformes
    5. familyOstraciidae
    6. genusLactoria
    7. speciesLactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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