MCZ Ichthyology 12029

Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 1998-03-01

Indian Ocean: Indian Ocean, Western: Tanzania: Zanzibar | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:12029 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Tetraodontiformes Ostracioidei Ostraciidae
Common Name(s): Cofferfish; Cowfish; Long horned cowfish; Long-horn cowfish; Long-horned cowfish; boxfish; horned boxfish
Determiner: Karsten E. Hartellinked data icon; Andrew D. Willistonlinked data icon
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Hartel_KE, Williston_AD/2009]
Previous Identification
Ostracion Linnaeus, 1758
Animalia Chordata Craniata Acanthopterygii Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Tetraodontiformes Ostracioidei Ostraciidae
Common Name(s): trunkfishes
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: ]

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  • group number: 781
  • muse location number: ZANZIBAR

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (alcohol) unchecked in collection 2 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
standard length 49-53 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

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  • Number of spec. not entered in catalog.

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  • Ocean:
  • Indian Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Indian Ocean, Western
  • Country:
  • Tanzania
  • State/Province:
  • Zanzibar
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Zanzibar, east Africa
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Georeference:
  • -6.1238240°, 39.3375170° (Error radius: 46495m) By: Meaghan H. Sorce on 2020-04-21 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 1998-03-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • ZANZIBAR
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Ichthyology 12026; 12027; 12028; 12029; 12030; 12031; 12032; 12033; 12034; 12035; 12036; 12037; 12038; 12039; 12040; 12041; 12042; 12043; 12044; 12045; 12046; 12047; 12048; 12049; 12050 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Fish 012001-018000, pg.2;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:12026 Acanthostracion quadricornis to M...

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