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Smooth Trunkfish

Lactophrys triqueter

Also known as: Cowfish, Spotted Trunkfish, Trunkfish

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2015
Juvenile
@fishx6 · Bonaire - Dive Site - Kline 1, Caribbean Netherlands · November 20101 / 6

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

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Overview

Juveniles are dark, almost black, and covered in large yellow to pale spots. As they grow, a pale area forms on the middle of the body, where the adult honeycomb pattern later appears.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
  • Country only · 6
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Juvenile photos 6

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderTetraodontiformes
    5. familyOstraciidae
    6. genusLactophrys
    7. speciesLactophrys triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758)

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