Lactoria sp

Cow Fish at South Pacific Heathland Reserve

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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.

CharlesDove wrote:

8 Jun 2018

Not one you see everyday

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.

AndrewG wrote:

10 Oct 2019

Changing my mind and now think this is Lactoria diaphana. See:

AndrewG wrote:

10 Oct 2019

Sorry, see: Antestiopsis cederwaldi

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

AndrewG wrote:

2 Nov 2019

Happy with that and thanks for adding the genus

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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
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Fish CharlesDove

Species information

Lactoria sp Scientific name
Cow Fish Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Machine learning