WoRMS taxon details
Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846)
219902 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219902)
accepted
Species
Lactoria fuscomaculata von Bonde, 1923 · unaccepted
Lactoria galeodon Jenkins, 1903 · unaccepted
Lactoria pentacanthus (Bleeker, 1857) · unaccepted
Ostracion fornasini Bianconi, 1846 · unaccepted
Ostracion pentacanthus Bleeker, 1857 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ostracion fornasini Bianconi, 1846) Bianconi, G. G. (1846). Lettera [sul Ostracion fornasini, n. sp. de pesce del Mosambico]. <em>Nuovi Annali delle Scienze naturali Bologna.</em> (Ser. 2) v. 5: 113-115, Pl. 1. [details]
Description Occurs in sandy areas with rubble, algae, or corals of clear outer lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Occurs from about...
Description Occurs in sandy areas with rubble, algae, or corals of clear outer lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Occurs from about 6 to at least 30 m. Poisonous in some parts of the tropics (Ref. 7364). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219902 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lactoria fuscomaculata von Bonde, 1923) von Bonde, C. (1923). Shallow-water fishes procured by the S. S. "Pickle.". <em>Report Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa Rep.</em> 3 (art. 1): 1-40, Pls. 1-9. [details]
original description (of Ostracion fornasini Bianconi, 1846) Bianconi, G. G. (1846). Lettera [sul Ostracion fornasini, n. sp. de pesce del Mosambico]. <em>Nuovi Annali delle Scienze naturali Bologna.</em> (Ser. 2) v. 5: 113-115, Pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Ostracion pentacanthus Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 2 (art. 7): 1-102. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Ostracion fornasini Bianconi, 1846) Bianconi, G. G. (1846). Lettera [sul Ostracion fornasini, n. sp. de pesce del Mosambico]. <em>Nuovi Annali delle Scienze naturali Bologna.</em> (Ser. 2) v. 5: 113-115, Pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Ostracion pentacanthus Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Achtste bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Amboina. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 2 (art. 7): 1-102. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in sandy areas with rubble, algae, or corals of clear outer lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Occurs from about 6 to at least 30 m. Poisonous in some parts of the tropics (Ref. 7364). [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ostracion pentacanthus Bleeker, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Ostracion fornasini Bianconi, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lactoria galeodon Jenkins, 1903)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ostracion fornasini Bianconi, 1846)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Thornback Cowfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lactoria fornasini)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lactoria fuscomaculata von Bonde, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Lactoria galeodon Jenkins, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Lactoria pentacanthus (Bleeker, 1857))
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion fornasini Bianconi, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion pentacanthus Bleeker, 1857)
To FishBase images (Lactoria fornasini, Indonesia, by Greenfield, J.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Ostracion fornasini Bianconi, 1846)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactoria fornasini FIN031628 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactoria fornasini FIN031629 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactoria galeodon P14550 illustration) (from synonym Lactoria galeodon Jenkins, 1903)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Ostracion pentacanthus Bleeker, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Ostracion fornasini Bianconi, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lactoria galeodon Jenkins, 1903)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ostracion fornasini Bianconi, 1846)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Thornback Cowfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lactoria fornasini)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Lactoria fuscomaculata von Bonde, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Lactoria galeodon Jenkins, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Lactoria pentacanthus (Bleeker, 1857))
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion fornasini Bianconi, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Ostracion pentacanthus Bleeker, 1857)
To FishBase images (Lactoria fornasini, Indonesia, by Greenfield, J.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Ostracion fornasini Bianconi, 1846)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactoria fornasini FIN031628 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactoria fornasini FIN031629 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lactoria galeodon P14550 illustration) (from synonym Lactoria galeodon Jenkins, 1903)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
