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1,
/The Conscientious Marine
Aquarist
The Puffers Called Box-, Cowfishes,
family Ostraciidae, part 2
To: part 1,
part 3, part4
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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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To: part 1,
part 3, part4
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