Lactoria is a genus of boxfishes. Three species in this genus are recognized: Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes:...
The longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta), also called the horned boxfish, is a species of boxfish from the family Ostraciidae, recognizable by its long...
The thornback cowfish (Lactoria fornasini), is a poisonous species of boxfish found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Bass Islands...
Republic. In life, it would have strongly resembled a modern cowfish (genus Lactoria). Paleontology portal Fish portal Eolactoria Prehistoric fish List of prehistoric...
was a filter-feeder and the largest ray-finned fish to have ever lived Lactoria fornasini is a poisonous species of boxfish Gars (along with the bowfin)...
surrounded by scales Ostraciontes by Ernst Haeckel, 1904. Ten teleosts, with Lactoria cornuta in centre. Fish Magic, Paul Klee, oil and watercolour varnished...
Immaculate puffer Arothron immaculatus No 28 cm (11.0 in) Longhorn cowfish Lactoria cornuta Caution Grayish tan with very distinctive "horns" near the eyes...
Vincent van Gogh, 1886 "Ostraciontes" by Ernst Haeckel, 1904. Ten fish with Lactoria cornuta in centre. Goldfish, Henri Matisse, 1912 Fish Magic, Paul Klee...
Albula[53] A. glossodonta[54] Albulidae Bonefish N Pahu Spiny cowfish Lactoria[55] L. fornasini[56] Ostraciidae Boxfish N Moa (Pahu) Spotted boxfish Ostracion[57]...
caudal fins, arranged very similarly to those possessed by the modern genus Lactoria (e.g., "cowfish"), but were, in comparison, much longer. E. sorbinii had...
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