A longhorn cowfish in Aquarium Finisterrae (Spain)
Several boxfish, including the longhorn cowfish.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Family:
Ostraciidae
Genus:
Lactoria
Species:
L. cornuta
Binomial name
Lactoria cornuta
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta), also called the horned boxfish, is a species of boxfish from the family Ostraciidae, recognizable by its long horns that protrude from the front of its head, rather like those of a cow or bull.[1] They are a resident of the Indo-Pacific region and can grow up to 50 cm (20 in) long.
Adults are reef fish, often solitary and territorial, and live around sand or rubble bottom up to a depth of 50 m (160 ft). They are omnivorous, feeding upon benthic algae, various microorganisms, and foraminiferans that it strains from sediments, sponges, polychaete worms from sand flats, mollusks, small crustaceans, and small fish, able to feed on benthic invertebrates by blowing jets of water into the sandy substrate. Longhorn cowfish protect the coral reefs they live in by being predators of the invertebrates that destroy the reefs. They are also important in the growth and creation of coral reefs for this same reason.[2] According to the IUCN, the Longhorn cowfish is categorized as “Not Evaluated”.[3] While this may eventually be impacted by aquarium trade, currently there is no concern now.
^"Longhorn Cowfishes, Lactoria cornuta". MarineBio Conservation Society. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^Frias-Torres, S., & van de Geer, C. (2015). Testing animal-assisted cleaning prior to transplantation in coral reef restoration. PeerJ, 3, e1287.
^Prasad Behera, D., Das, R. R., & Nayak, L. (2017). First record and new range extension of longhorn cowfish Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) off the coast of Gopalpur (Odisha), Northwestern Bay of Bengal. Zoology and Ecology, 27(3-4), 251-256.
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