Sealife guideThe spotted trunkfishLactophrys bicaudalis

Last updated on 04/22/2024 at 12:06 PM

Taxonomy

Common name: Spotted trunkfish
French name: Poisson coffre zinga
Scientific name: Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family name: Ostraciidae
Order name: Tetraodontiformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The spotted trunkfish is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The spotted trunkfish appears in the IUCN Red List since 2015 within the category Least Concern !

The spotted trunkfish (Lactophrys bicaudalis)

Within the same family

Honeycomb cowfish
(Acanthostracion polygonium)

Reticulate boxfish
(Ostracion solorensis)

Scrawled cowfish
(Acanthostracion quadricornis)

Smooth trunkfish
(Rhinesomus triqueter)

Spotted boxfish
(Ostracion meleagris)

Thornback cowfish
(Lactoria fornasini)

Yellow boxfish
(Ostracion cubicus)

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(Stegastes partitus)

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Golden trevally
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Gulf grouper
(Mycteroperca jordani)

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(Oxycheilinus mentalis)

Nassau grouper
(Epinephelus striatus)

Red hind grouper
(Epinephelus guttatus)

Tiger snake eel
(Myrichthys maculosus)

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