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Smooth Trunkfish

Lactophrys triqueter

Classification

The smooth trunkfish (Lactophrys triqueter) is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the boxfish family Ostraciidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy The smooth trunkfish was first formally described as Ostracion triqueter in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae with its type locality given as "India", in error for the Western Atlantic.

Distribution

Jeffrey T. Williams · CC0
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