Lactoria fornasini Thornback cowfish, Spiny-backed Cow-fish, Thorny-back Cowfish, Thorny-back Cow-fish

Lactoria fornasini is commonly referred to as Thornback cowfish, Spiny-backed Cow-fish, Thorny-back Cowfish, Thorny-back Cow-fish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Veldig vanskelig. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

1546 

AphiaID:

219902 

Scientific:

Lactoria fornasini 

German:

Dornrücken-Kofferfisch 

English:

Thornback Cowfish, Spiny-backed Cow-fish, Thorny-back Cowfish, Thorny-back Cow-fish 

Category:

Koffertfisk  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Ostraciidae (Family) > Lactoria (Genus) > fornasini (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Bianconi, ), 1846 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Australia, Bali, East Africa, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), French Polynesia, Guam, Hawaii, Houtman Abrolhos (Abrolhos Islands), Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Lord Howe Island, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Rapa, South-Africa, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tasman Sea, The Bangai Archipelago, the Seychelles, Timor, Togean Islands, Victoria (Australia) 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

5 - 132 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.06" (23 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 78.8 °F (22°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Frozen Food (large sort), Lettuce, Mysis 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Veldig vanskelig 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Lactoria cornuta
  Gehörnter Kuhkofferfisch
• 
  Lactoria diaphana
  Kuhfisch, Kofferfisch
• 
  Lactoria fornasini
  Dornrücken-Kofferfisch
• Lactoria paschae

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2005-06-17 18:32:31 

Last edit:

2020-01-30 11:15:28 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Lactoria fornasini has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Lactoria fornasini in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Lactoria fornasini. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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