Roundbelly Cowfish

Lactoria est un genre de poissons marins tetraodontiformes de la famille des Ostraciidae. On les appelle « poissons-vaches » en raison des deux excroissances en forme de cornes qui surmontent leur crâne.

Lactoria diaphana, the roundbelly cowfish, diaphonous cowfish, many-spined cowfish, spiny cowfish or transparent cowfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. This fish is found in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific. Taxonomy Lactoria diaphana was first formally described as Ostracion diaphanum in 1801 by Marcus Elieser Bloch and Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider with no type locality given, although it is likely to be the East Indies.

Lactoria diaphana es una especie de peces de la familia Ostraciidae en el orden de los Tetraodontiformes. Morfología Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 34 cm de longitud total. ​​ Alimentación Come invertebrados bentónicos.