Lactoria
| Lactoria | |
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| Lactoria cornuta | |
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| Lactoria fornasini | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Ostraciidae |
| Genus: | Lactoria D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1902 |
Lactoria is a genus of boxfishes.
Species
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Longhorn cowfish)
- Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Roundbelly cowfish)
- Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846) (Thornback cowfish)
References
- ↑ Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.
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