Longhorn cowfish
- Description
- This small marine fish is a relative of boxfish, pufferfish and cow-fish. They have a tough protective skin and a box-like body shape. Many have interesting patterns that form as their scales grow.
- Accession Loan No.
- D1449
- Collection Class
- Fish
- Common Name
- longhorn cowfish
- Simple Name
- fish
- Full Name
- OSTRACIIDAE: Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758): longhorn cowfish
- Family Group
- Phylum
- CHORDATA
- Family
- OSTRACIONTIDAE
- Genus
- Lactoria
- Species
- cornuta
