Sighting 3400011
Lactoria sp
Cow Fish at Undefined Area
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| Lactoria sp | 9 Oct 2019 | AndrewG | ||
| Unverified | 6 Jun 2018 | CharlesDove |
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User's notes
This was washed in Thinking it to be some sort of Box Fish (toxic)
6 comments
8 Jun 2018
Tough to ID but agree it's a cowfish/boxfish (Ostraciidae or Aracanidae). If I had to take a punt I'd go for Tetrasomus gibbosus (humpback turret fish) because of the heavy mainly hexagonal pattern.
8 Jun 2018
Supposed to be common but I've never seen a live one (or even a whole dead one) in the water, assuming I was right on the species.
Location information
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 19 Aug 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
- CharlesDove Recorded by
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Species information
- Lactoria sp Scientific name
- Cow Fish Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible