WoRMS taxon details
Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846)
AphiaID: 219902
AphiaID: 219902
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Ostraciidae (Family) > Lactoria (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Lactoria Jordan & Fowler, 1902 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Lactoria fuscomaculata von Bonde, 1923 Lactoria galeodon Jenkins, 1903 Lactoria pentacanthus (Bleeker, 1857) Ostracion fornasini Bianconi, 1846 Ostracion pentacanthus Bleeker, 1857 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Occurs in sandy areas with rubble, algae, or corals of clear outer lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Occurs from about 6 to at least 30 m. Poisonous in some parts of the tropics (Ref. 7364). [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219902 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219902 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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