Florida Horned Cowfish

Sergeant major fish serra spanish mackerel. Longhorn cowfish are usually around 10 centimetres 4 inches in length. The lovable long horned cowfish is native to the indo pacific oceans and is a yellow tan.

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The long horned cowfish nbsp.

Florida horned cowfish. This fish is a variety of boxfish with characteristic horns protruding from its head resembling a bull or cow. The longhorn cowfish is a variety of boxfish from the ostraciidi family it is recognisable by its long horns that protrude from the front of its head rather like those of a cow or bull. 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.

Longhorn cowfishes lactoria cornuta linnaeus 1758 also known as long horns longhorned long horned cowfishes horned boxfishes or trunkfishs are a type of boxfish in the ostraciidi family 25 species known and are easily identified by their rather comical appearance and two pairs of long horns like those of a cow or bull located on their heads and below their. They are omnivorous feeding upon benthic algae various microorganisms and foraminiferans. Lactoria cornuta is also known as the longhorn cowfish yellow boxfish or polka dot cowfish.

Though in its juvenile stage the horns are yet not developed. Adults are reef fish often solitary and territorial and live around sand or rubble bottom up to a depth of 50 m. They are a resident of the indo pacific region and can grow up to 50 cm long.

The cowfish is becoming increasingly popular as a pet.