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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 ]
The scrawled cowfish is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean, where it occurs from Massachusetts and Bermuda, south through the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, and along the coast of South America as far south as southern Brazil, including Trindade Island. This species occurs in shallow water, down to around 80 m (260 ft), most frequently ...
Lactoria diaphana, the roundbelly cowfish, diaphonous cowfish, many-spined cowfish, spiny cowfish or transparent cowfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. This fish is found in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific.
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.
Xixuthrus is a small genus of long-horned beetles, found primarily on Pacific islands, including Indonesia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji, and contains some of the largest living insect species, the giant Fijian long-horned beetle and the Taveuni beetle. These beetles have powerful jaws, and should be handled with care when alive.
The Eucerini (often called longhorn bees or long-horned bees) are the most diverse tribe in the family Apidae, with over 32 genera worldwide that were previously classified as members of the family Anthophoridae. All species are solitary, though many nest in large aggregations, and large "sleeping" aggregations of males are found occasionally.
M. californiana is native to the west coast of North America where its range extends from Vancouver Island in British Columbia to Laguna Beach, California.It is found on slightly sloping sandy beaches and retreats far up the beach, in contrast to the short-horned beach hopper (Megalorchestia corniculata) which is found on steeply sloping sandy shores and does not occur so high up the beach.
The island cowfish is found around some of the islands in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, the Azores, Saint Helena and Ascension Island. It is also found off Western Africa where it has been recorded from Ghana, Angola and São Tomé. It is found at depths between 3 and 25 m (9.8 and 82.0 ft) over rocks, rubble and sand, and has been recorded on ...