Sighting 3400011
Cow Fish at South Pacific Heathland Reserve
Identification history
| Lactoria sp | 9 Oct 2019 | AndrewG | ||
| Unidentified | 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)
7 comments
AndrewG
wrote:
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.
AndrewG
wrote:
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.
MikeLeggett
wrote:
1 Nov 2019
Given the deterioration following expiration and some doubt about this amazing group of fish, I'll create a Lactoria sp
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Location information
- Coordinates 150.474844-35.372145
- Maps South Pacific Heathland Reserve
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 19 Aug 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
- CharlesDove Recorded by
Species information
- Lactoria sp Scientific name
- Cow Fish Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Machine learning
