Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Lactophrys triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758) (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Ostracion triqueter Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)

Rhinesomus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)

Common names:

三隅棱箱魨 Mandarin Chinese

三隅棱箱鲀 Mandarin Chinese

Baiacu Portuguese

Baiacu-caixão Portuguese

Baiacu-cofre Portuguese

Baiacu-sem-espinho Portuguese

Botella Spanish

Chapin baqueta Spanish

Chapín común Spanish

Coffre baguette French

Cofre Portuguese, Spanish

Glat kuffertfisk Danish

Glatter Kofferfisch German

Guamaiacu-apé Portuguese

Ka'i morto Papiamento

Ostracião Portuguese

Peixe-cofre Portuguese

Peixe-vaca Portuguese

Pez gallina Spanish

Shell fish English

Smooth trunkfish English

Spotted trunkfish English

Taoca Portuguese

Toaca Portuguese

Torito Spanish

Trunkfish English

Vaca-sem-chifre Portuguese

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Actinopterygii

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Order Tetraodontiformes

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Family Ostraciidae

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Genus Lactophrys

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Distribution:

Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 12204) and Massachusetts, USA to Brazil, including Bermuda, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.; Virgin Islands (UK); Venezuela; USA (contiguous states); US Virgin Islands; Turks and Caicos Is.; Trinidad and Tobago; Suriname; South Brazil Shelf; Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf; Saint Vincent & the Grenadines; Saint Lucia; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Puerto Rico; Panama; Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf; North Brazil Shelf; Nicaragua; Netherlands Antilles; Montserrat; Mexico; Martinique; Jamaica; Honduras; Haiti; Guyana; Gulf of Mexico; Guatemala; Guadeloupe; Grenada; French Guiana; East Brazil Shelf; Dominican Republic; Dominica; Discovery Bay; Curaçao Island; Cuba; Caribbean Sea; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Costa Rica; Canada; Brazil; Bermuda; Belize; Barbados; Bahamas; Atlantic, Western Central; Atlantic, Southwest; Atlantic, Northwest; Atlantic Ocean; Aruba; Antigua and Barbuda; Anguilla

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Group expert : Matsuura K., Data last modified by FishBase 09-Sep-1994

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:4023b361-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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