Lactoria diaphana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
| Family: | Ostraciidae |
| Genus: | Lactoria |
| Species: | L. diaphana
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Lactoria diaphana, the roundbelly cowfish, diaphonous cowfish, many-spined cowfish, spiny cowfish or transparent cowfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. This fish is found in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific.
Taxonomy
[edit]Lactoria diaphana was first formally described as Ostracion diaphanum in 1801 by Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider with no type locality given, although it is likely to be the East Indies.[3] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Lactoria within the family Ostraciidae in the suborder Ostracioidea within the order Tetraodontiformes.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Stiefel, K.M. & Williams, J.T. (2024). "Lactoria diaphana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T193692A2261266. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lactoria diaphana". FishBase. June 2024 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Lactoria". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 518–526. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN 2015037522. OCLC 951899884. OL 25909650M.