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Lactophrys
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Lactophrys

Lactophrys is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. The boxfishes in this genus are found in the western Atlantic Ocean and are known as trunkfishes.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Smooth Trunkfish

speciesLactophrys triqueter

Spotted Trunkfish

speciesLactophrys bicaudalis

Buffalo Trunkfish

speciesLactophrys trigonus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49960.