Lactoria diaphana, Roundbelly cowfish : aquarium

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Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Roundbelly cowfish
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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | Catalog of Fishes(वर्ग, प्रजाति) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Ostraciidae (Boxfishes)
Etymology: Lactoria: Latin, concerned with milk (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Bloch & Schneider.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

समुद्री; खारा प्रवाल-भित्ति संयुक्त; गहराई सीमा 8 - 50 m (Ref. 9806). Subtropical; 35°N - 28°S

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Southeast Atlantic: off Swakopmund, Namibia (Ref. 11228). Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific: South Africa east through Indonesia to the Easter Island and Peru, north to southern Japan, Hawaii, and southern California, south to New Caledonia, New South Wales and Kermadec Islands (Ref. 8879).

आकार / वज़न / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 34.0 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 583)

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पृष्ठीय रीढ़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 0; पृष्ठीय सौफट रेज़ (सम्पूर्ण) : 9; गुदा कांटा: 0; ऐनल सौफट रेज़: 9. Small spine on back and short spines before eyes (Ref. 3141). Caudal fin rays 10 (Ref. 1602).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Inhabit coral and rocky reefs of coastal areas (Ref. 9806, 48637). Also common on offshore sand and mudflats (Ref. 48637). Young fish occur in oceanic waters, at or near the surface (Ref. 2850); semi-transparent young may enter estuaries (Ref. 3141). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feed on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 9806). A large number of juveniles were found in the stomachs of flatheads (Ref. 48637).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

Main reference Upload your references | संदर्भ | संयोजक : Matsuura, Keiichi | सहयोगीयो

Matsuura, K., 2001. Ostraciidae. Boxfishes. p. 3948-3951. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9806)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 August 2023

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (संदर्भ 123201): 22.3 - 29, mean 27.7 °C (based on 844 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (संदर्भ 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.03548 (0.01723 - 0.07305), b=2.81 (2.62 - 3.00), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (संदर्भ 69278):  3.3   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
लौटाव (संदर्भ 120179):  ऊंचा, न्यूनतम जनसंख्या दुगनी समय अवलागत 15 महीने। (Fec assumed to be > 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (24 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 26.6 [10.0, 92.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.618 [0.303, 1.438] mg/100g; Protein = 19.2 [17.0, 21.4] %; Omega3 = 0.184 [0.091, 0.354] g/100g; Selenium = 16.9 [7.0, 38.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 27.5 [6.9, 127.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.88 [0.55, 1.41] mg/100g (wet weight);