Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Ostraciidae > Lactoria > Lactoria diaphana

Lactoria diaphana (Transparent boxfish; Spiny cowfish; Spiny boxfish; Round-belly cowfish; Roundbelly cowfish; Many-spined cow fish; Cowfish; Cow)

Synonyms:
Language: Afrikaans; Carolinian; Danish; German; Japanese; Mandarin Chinese; Spanish; Surigaonon

Predators

Alepisaurus ferox (Wolffish)[1]
Cephaloscyllium umbratile (Swell shark)[2]
Lepidochelys olivacea (Pacific Ridley; Olive Ridley Sea Turtle)[1]
Thunnus albacares (Yellowfin-tuna)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Diploproctodaeum oviforme[3]
Haliotrema lactoriae[3]
Paradiscogaster ostracii[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.
♦ 2Aspects of Reproduction and Food Habits of the Japanese Swellshark Cephaloscyllium umbratile from Chosi, Japan, Toru Taniuchhi, Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 54(4), 627-633 (1988)
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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