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Lactophrys trigonus Buffalo trunkfish

Lactophrys trigonus is commonly referred to as Buffalo trunkfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pour aquariophiles éprouvés. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.


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lexID:
5182 
AphiaID:
158931 
Scientific:
Lactophrys trigonus 
German:
Buffalo-Kofferfisch 
English:
Buffalo Trunkfish 
Category:
Poissons-Coffres 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Ostraciidae (Family) > Lactophrys (Genus) > trigonus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Suriname, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
2 - 50 Meter 
Size:
11.81" - 21.65" (30cm - 55cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Clams, Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Sea Cucumbers, Sea squirts, Sea urchins, Sea weed, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Tank:
439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  
Difficulty:
Pour aquariophiles éprouvés 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-04-20 19:47:08 

Poison

Attention! Lactophrys trigonus possède un venin nocif pour votre santé. Normalement les espèces de cette catégorie n’émettent pas de danger pour vous. Lisez bien les informations et les commentaires des utilisateurs qui possèdent Lactophrys trigonus pour pouvoir mieux évaluer une possibilité de danger. Soyez prudents avec Lactophrys trigonus. Chaque humain réagit différemment sur des venins. Si vous pensez d'avoir été en contact avec le venin consultez un médecin ou un centre antipoison. Le numéro des centres A
s
antipoison sont trouvables ici: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

Info

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Reports of ciguatera poisoning!

The Buffalo trunkfish inhabits seagrass beds, coral rubble Areas and offshore reefs down to about 50 m.

Synonymised names
Ostracion expansum Cope, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ostracion trigonus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Ostracion undulatus Poey, 1868 · unaccepted
Ostracium expansum Cope, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Johnny Jensen (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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