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Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

To FishBase images (<i>Lactoria diaphana</i>, Easter I., by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Lactoria diaphana, Easter I., by Randall, J.E.)

219903  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219903)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Tetraodontiformes (Order)
  11. Ostraciidae (Family)
  12. Lactoria (Genus)
  13. Lactoria diaphana (Species)
accepted
Species
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 2025-06-03
Date
action
by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Lactoria schlemmeri Jordan & Snyder, 1904) Jordan, D. S.; Snyder J. O. (1904). Notes on collections of fishes from Oahu Island and Laysan Island, Hawaii, with descriptions of four new species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 27 (no. 1377): 939-948. [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] OpenAccess publication

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] 

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] 

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] OpenAccess publication

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  PDF available [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]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
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
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Lactoria diaphana</i>, Easter I., by Randall, J.E.)
To FishBase images (Lactoria diaphana, Easter I., by Randall, J.E.)
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactoria diaphana FIN031626 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactoria diaphana FIN031626 Slide 120 mm)
Hosted externally
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactoria diaphana FIN031627 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactoria diaphana FIN031627 Slide 120 mm)
Hosted externally
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