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Ostraciidae
smooth trunkfish
Lactophrys triqueter
White flecks scatter across black armor
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Deep-bodied
Mediumsmooth trunkfish is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Ostraciidae
- Genus
- Lactophrys
- Maximum length
- 47 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 12204 ) and Massachusetts, USA to Brazil, including Bermuda, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
