Long Horn Cow Fish
This fish belongs to the ostraciidae family.
Long horn cow fish. Members of this family come in a variety of different colors and are notable due to the hexagonal patterns known as honeycombs on. Small juveniles on protected shallow mudflats ref. In this horned fish we find a wide range of colors distributed in the 25 existing species.
The body is tan to yellow and covered with white and blue dots and is occasionally referred to as the yellow boxfish. However the longhorn is not to be confused with ostracion cubicus commonly called the yellow or polka dot boxfish. The longhorn cowfish lactoria cornuta 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.
The longhorn cowfish inhabit the reefs of the indo pacific usually in the less turbid waters. Longhorn cowfish are yellow to tan coloured with white spots. The longhorn cowfish have a very unusual box shaped body with a proportionally large caudal fin that is usually folded.
Inhabit inshore on coastal muddy or sandy habitats in still bays and commonly found in harbours and estuaries. The longhorn cowfish or horned boxfish lactoria cornuta is a variety of boxfish recognizable by its long horns that protrude from the front of its head rather like those of a cow or bull. Inhabits inshore on coastal muddy or sandy habitats in still bays and commonly found in harbours and estuaries.
Cowfish longhorn cowfish or long horned cowfish are found in the indo pacific. They are a resident of the indo pacific region and can grow up to 20 inches long. Red sea and east africa to the marquesan and tuamoto islands north to southern japan south to lord howe island.
They are a resident of the indo pacific region and can grow up to 50 cm 20 in long. On the lower rear section of the body two further spines face backwards as can be seen in the image below. Longhorn cowfish are omnivorous fish feeding upon benthic algae various microorganisms and foraminiferans that it strains from sediments sponges polychaete worms from sand flats mollusks small crustaceans and small fishes.
In the wild it is not uncommon to see a 20 specimen while in the aquarium the longhorn cowfish tends to be dramatically smaller 16 or less. The longhorn cowfish is a horned marine species that has a square figure similar to a cow bull or toad.
