Cow Puffer Fish
Honeycomb cowfish have several modified bony scales and horns these serve as a means of protection.
Cow puffer fish. Compared to other boxfish the honeycomb cowfish has a smaller protruding mouth and fleshy lips. The longhorn cowfish also called the horned boxfish is a species of boxfish from the family ostraciidae recognizable by its long horns that protrude from the front of its head rather like those of a cow or bull. It is usually less than 3 5 inches long.
Adults are reef fish often solitary and territorial and live around sand or rubble bottom up to a depth of 50 m. See more ideas about fish pet fish sea creatures. This may be attributed to doa back orders and or other delays in shipping.
This puffer will enjoy all kinds of meaty foods including shrimp worms clams various mussels snails tunicates and fish they are not picky eaters and will quickly become adapted to a variety of prepared aquarium foods and an occasional algae wafer. The thornback cowfish lactoria fornasini is uncommon and well hidden among sandy rubble and seaweed. The thornback cowfish is common in japan.
This fish has two prominent spines above the eyes and bright blue spots may be present. Our website may display in stock fish that we don t have on hand in that moment in time. Box cow puffer the tetraodontidae are a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order tetraodontiformes.
If you place an order for fish that is out of stock we will try our best to inform you of possibe delays and oppurtuintys for a subsitution or refund the best way to ensure a timely arrival is to contact us. They are a resident of the indo pacific region and can grow up to 50 cm long. They are morphologically similar to the closely related porcupinefish which have large external spines.
Tetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order tetraodontiformes. Puffers are primarily predatory fish in the wild though they do graze on a bit of algae. The scientific name refers to the four large teeth fused into an upper and lower plate wh.
Honeycomb cowfish can be distinguished from similar fish by the two spines above their eyes and hexagonal pattern. The family includes many familiar species variously called pufferfish puffers balloonfish blowfish blowies bubblefish globefish swellfish toadfish toadies honey toads sugar toads and sea squab.
