Longhorned Cow Fish
They are omnivorous feeding upon benthic algae various microorganisms and foraminiferans.
Longhorned cow fish. While badly suited to the home aquarium the longhorn cowfish or horned. 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. Inhabit inshore on coastal muddy or sandy habitats in still bays and commonly found in harbours and estuaries.
In any case their flesh is poisonous and would not make for a very good meal. Cowfish are interesting looking fish due to their box like body shape. The longhorn cowfish inhabit the reefs of the indo pacific usually in the less turbid waters.
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. There are two kinds of cowfish the scrawled cowfish acanthostracion quadricornis as pictured above and the longhorn cowfish lactoria cornuta both types of cowfish have horns above their eyes but the longhorn cowfish has longer horns as the name suggest. This fish belongs to the ostraciidae family.
They are a resident of the indo pacific region and can grow up to 20 inches long. However the longhorn is not to be confused with ostracion cubicus commonly called the yellow or polka dot boxfish. The cowfish longhorn cowfish or long horned cowfish are easily recognized by the horns on the forehead and the bottom rear of the body.
Members of this family come in a variety of different colors and are notable due to the hexagonal patterns known as honeycombs on. Longhorn cowfish profile including images size habitat diet how to catch other names related species and more. Small juveniles on protected shallow mudflats ref.
They are a resident of the indo pacific region and can grow up to 50 cm long. 48637 found in weedy areas near rocks or reefs. 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.
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. These horns make them hard for predators to swallow.
Two large spine like horns face forward above the eye and they have a tubular shaped mouth that protrudes forward. The longhorn cowfish is a horned marine species that has a square figure similar to a cow bull or toad. Adults are reef fish often solitary and territorial and live around sand or rubble bottom up to a depth of 50 m.
Because of their body shape they are also known as boxfish. 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.
