Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Ostraciidae > Lactoria > Lactoria cornuta

Lactoria cornuta (horned boxfish; Trunkfish; Long-horned cowfish; Long-horn cowfish; Longhorn cowfish; Long horned cowfish; Cowfish; Boxfish; Cofferfish)

Synonyms: Lactoria cornutus; Ostracion cornutus; Ostracion horridus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The longhorn cowfish, Lactoria cornuta, also called the horned boxfish, is a variety of boxfish from the family Ostraciidae, recognizable by its long horns that protrude from the front of its head, rather like those of a cow or bull. They are a resident of the Indo-Pacific region and can grow up to 50 centimetres (20 inches) long. While badly suited to the home aquarium, the cowfish is becoming increasingly popular as a pet.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Tsitsikamma National Park II 34343 Southern Cape, South Africa  
Ujung Kulon National Park II 313466 Java, Indonesia    

Prey / Diet

Enhalus acoroides (Species code: Ea)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Arothron immaculatus (Narrow-lined toadfish)1
Monacanthus chinensis (fringed filefish)1
Siganus fuscescens (Spinefoot)1

Predators

Thunnus albacares (Yellowfin-tuna)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Haliotrema lactoriae[3]
Taeniacanthus ostracionis[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Food habits of small fishes in seagrass habitats in Trang, southern Thailand, Masahiro Horinouchi, Prasert Tongnunui, Keisuke Furumitsu, Yohei Nakamura, Kouki Kanou, Atsuko Yamaguchi, Ken Okamoto, Mitsuhiko Sano, Fish Sci (2012) 78:577–587
♦ 2Jorrit 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.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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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