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/The Conscientious Marine Aquarist

The Puffers Called Box-, Cowfishes, family Ostraciidae, part 2

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by Bob Fenner

 


 Lactophrys trigueter (Linnaeus 1758), the Smooth Cowfish. Tropical west Atlantic. To about eighteen inches in length. A juvenile and adult (3" and 12" respectively), in Tobago. And a ten inch individual in the Bahamas. 

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Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus 1758), the Longhorn Cowfish. Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, east African coast. To some eighteen inches in length in the wild. At right, a profile in N. Sulawesi. Below; aquarium photos of two juveniles and an adult size specimen in Mabul, Malaysia.

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Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider 1801), the Roundbelly Cowfish. Southeast Atlantic, Indo-Pacific and east Pacific. To thirteen inches overall length. 

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Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi 1846), the Thornback Cowfish. Indo-west Pacific, south-east Atlantic (South Africa). To nine inches. This four inch one in Hawai'i. The best member of the genus for aquarium use in my opinion (obviously).

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Lactoria paschae (Rendahl 1921). Southeast Pacific: Easter Island.

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