Lactophrys | |
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Spotted trunkfish - Lactophrys bicaudalis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Tetraodontiformes |
Suborder: | Ostracioidea |
Family: | Ostraciidae |
Genus: | Lactophrys Swainson, 1839 |
Type species | |
Ostracion trigonus | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Lactophrys is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Ostraciidae, the boxfishes. The boxfishes in this genus are found in the western Atlantic Ocean and are known as trunkfishes.