Lactoria is a genus of boxfishes.
Lactoria | |
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Lactoria cornuta | |
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Lactoria fornasini | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Family: | Ostraciidae |
Genus: | Lactoria D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1902 |
Species
Three species in this genus are recognized:[1]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) | longhorn cowfish | Indo-Pacific |
![]() | Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) | roundbelly cowfish | Southeast Atlantic: off Swakopmund, Namibia. Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific: South Africa east through Indonesia to the Easter Island and Peru, north to southern Japan, Hawaii, and southern California, south to New Caledonia, New South Wales and Kermadec Islands |
![]() | Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846) | thornback cowfish | tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Bass Islands (French Polynesia). |
References
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