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The Puffers Called Box-, Cowfishes, family Ostraciidae, part 2

To: part 1, part 3, part4

 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. 

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.

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).

Lactoria paschae (Rendahl 1921). Southeast Pacific: Easter Island.

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