Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Ostraciidae > Lactophrys > Lactophrys trigonus

Lactophrys trigonus (Trunkfish; Buffalo trunkfish)

Synonyms: Ostracion expansum; Ostracion trigonus; Ostracion undulatus; Ostracion yalei; Ostracium expansum
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Wikipedia Abstract

Lactophrys trigones, commonly called the buffalo trunkfish or trunkfish, is a boxfish native to the Western Atlantic.
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Protected Areas

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Calamus bajonado (Jolthead porgy)1
Canthigaster rostrata (Sharpnose pufferfish)1
Halichoeres radiatus (Puddingwife wrasse)1
Sphoeroides spengleri (Puffer)1

Predators

Carcharhinus perezii (Caribbean reef shark)[1]
Epinephelus striatus (Striped weakfish)[1]
Sphyrna mokarran (Squat-headed hammerhead shark)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dermadena lactophrysi[3]
Haliotrema guadeloupensis <Unverified Name>[3]
Hypocreadium lactophrysi[3]
Neobenedenia melleni[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0