Lactoria fornasini, Thornback cowfish : aquarium

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Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846)

Thornback cowfish
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> Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Ostraciidae (Boxfishes)
Etymology: Lactoria: Latin, concerned with milk (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Cavaliere Carlo Antonio Fornasini (1805–1865) was a collector who operated in the area around Inhambane, Mozambique (1839). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 5 - 132 m (Ref. 89467), usually 6 - 30 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 32°N - 32°S

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Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the Hawaiian and Rapa Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island. Southeast Atlantic: sometimes reaching the southeast coast of South Africa (Ref. 3141).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 3141)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 9; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 9. Caudal fin rays 10. Strong spine on middle of dorsal ridge.
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Inhabit clear outer lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Benthopelagic over rubble and sand at 5-132 m (Ref. 58302). Solitary (Ref. 90102). Males are highly territorial (Ref. 9710). Poisonous in some parts of the tropics (Ref. 7364).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Matsuura, Keiichi | Collaboratori

Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)

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





Human uses

Pesca: di nessun interesse; Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 24.3 - 28.8, mean 27.5 °C (based on 776 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 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 (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.0   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Fec assumed to be > 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (13 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 52.8 [23.2, 119.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.669 [0.349, 1.496] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [16, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.125 [0.063, 0.239] g/100g; Selenium = 42.2 [21.5, 88.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 57.6 [15.8, 212.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.29 [0.87, 1.91] mg/100g (wet weight);