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The longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta), also called the horned boxfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. This species is recognizable by its long horns that protrude from the front of its head, rather like those of a cow or bull. [ 3 ]
Helmet cowfish: Tetrosomus gibbosus: Caution: Tan with dark speckles and brown spots at the base of the caudal fin. 30 cm (11.8 in) Immaculate puffer: Arothron immaculatus: No: 28 cm (11.0 in) Longhorn cowfish: Lactoria cornuta: Caution: Grayish tan with very distinctive "horns" near the eyes and under the caudal fin. 46 cm (18.1 in) Scribbled ...
The thornback cowfish (Lactoria fornasini), [4] is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. This species is found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Bass Islands (French Polynesia). It can grow to a maximum length of 23 cm (9 in). [4]
Long-spine porcupinefish: Diodon holocanthus: Longspine squirrelfish: Holocentrus rufus: Lookdown: Selene vomer: Lowland cichlid: Herichthys carpintis: Luminous hake: Steindachneria argentea: Lyre goby Evorthodus lyricus: Mackerel scad: Decapterus macarellus: Mahi-mahi: Coryphaena hippurus: Also known as Dolphinfish or Dorado Mahogany snapper ...
The honeycomb cowfish is classified within the genus Acanthostracion, this name combines acanthus, which means "spine" or "thorn", with ostracion.Bleeker originally proposed this taxon as a subgenus of the genus Ostracion The Specific name, polygonius, means "many angled", a reference to the hexagonal patterning on the carapce of this fish.
The spotted trunkfish is a member of the genus Lactophrys, a name which is a compound of lactaria, meaning a "milkcow", and ophrys, meaning "eyebrow", a reference to the spines above the eyes resembling the horns of a cow.
Bodycam footage shared by the Volusia Sheriff's Office shows officers trying to rescue a huge ocean sunfish stuck on the beach near Ponce Inlet.
Tetrosomus gibbosus, commonly called camel cowfish because of the hump on its dorsal keel, is one of 22 species in the boxfish family, Ostraciidae. [2] It is a ray finned fish. Other common names include helmet cowfish , humpback turretfish and thornbacked boxfish .