Lactophrys trigonus Buffalo trunkfish

Lactophrys trigonus is commonly referred to as Buffalo trunkfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

5182 

AphiaID:

158931 

Scientific:

Lactophrys trigonus 

German:

Buffalo-Kofferfisch 

English:

Buffalo Trunkfish 

Category:

Boxfishes/Cowfishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Ostraciidae (Family) > Lactophrys (Genus) > trigonus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Barbados, Suriname, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

2 - 50 Meter 

Size:

11.81" - 21.65" (30cm - 55cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Clams, Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Sea Cucumbers, Sea squirts, Sea urchins, Sea weed, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Lactophrys bicaudalis
  Schwarzpunkt-Kofferfisch
• 
  Lactophrys trigonus
  Buffalo-Kofferfisch
• 
  Lactophrys triqueter
  Perlen-Kofferfisch, Glatter Kofferfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-03-18 19:21:36 

Last edit:

2023-04-20 19:47:08 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Lactophrys trigonus has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Lactophrys trigonus in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Lactophrys trigonus. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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