WoRMS taxon details
Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
219903 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219903)
accepted
Species
Lactoria diaphanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lactoria diaphinus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lactoria schlemmeri Jordan & Snyder, 1904 · unaccepted
Ostracion brevicornis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 · unaccepted
Ostracion diaphanum Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Ostracion diaphanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ostracion diaphanum Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details]
Description Inhabits coral and rocky reefs of coastal areas (Ref. 9806). Young fish occur in oceanic waters, at or near the surface,...
Description Inhabits coral and rocky reefs of coastal areas (Ref. 9806). Young fish occur in oceanic waters, at or near the surface, where it is being preyed upon by tunas and other large predators (Ref. 2850). Also found inshore, the young sometimes in estuaries (Ref. 3132). Feeds on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 9806). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219903 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Ostracion diaphanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details]
original description (of Ostracion brevicornis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1850). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.). Last part (15): 270-324.</em> [details]
original description (of Ostracion diaphanum Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Ostracion brevicornis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1850). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.). Last part (15): 270-324.</em> [details]
original description (of Ostracion diaphanum Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
additional source
King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits coral and rocky reefs of coastal areas (Ref. 9806). Young fish occur in oceanic waters, at or near the surface, where it is being preyed upon by tunas and other large predators (Ref. 2850). Also found inshore, the young sometimes in estuaries (Ref. 3132). Feeds on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 9806). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | spiny boxfishroundbelly cowfish | [details] |
| Japanese | ウミスズメ | [details] |
| Russian | многошипый рогатый кузовокКруглобрюхая лактория | [details] |
| Spanish | cofre espinoso | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Ostracion diaphanum Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Ostracion diaphanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lactoria diaphanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ostracion brevicornis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Lactoria schlemmeri Jordan & Snyder, 1904)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ostracion diaphanum Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Lactoria diaphanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lactoria diaphana)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion diaphanum Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion brevicornis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lactoria schlemmeri Jordan & Snyder, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion diaphanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Lactoria diaphinus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Lactoria diaphanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase images (Lactoria diaphana, Easter I., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Ostracion diaphanum Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Ostracion diaphanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactoria diaphana FIN031626 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactoria diaphana FIN031627 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Ostracion diaphanum Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Ostracion diaphanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lactoria diaphanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Ostracion brevicornis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Lactoria schlemmeri Jordan & Snyder, 1904)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ostracion diaphanum Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Lactoria diaphanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lactoria diaphana)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion diaphanum Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion brevicornis Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lactoria schlemmeri Jordan & Snyder, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion diaphanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Lactoria diaphinus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Lactoria diaphanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801))
To FishBase images (Lactoria diaphana, Easter I., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 54 proteins)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Ostracion diaphanum Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 54 proteins) (from synonym Ostracion diaphanus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactoria diaphana FIN031626 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactoria diaphana FIN031627 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
