Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean Reefs

Smooth Trunkfish
Lactophrys triqueter
Smooth Trunkfish
Category: Boxfishes
Scientific Name: Lactophrys triqueter
Size: 6 to 10 in. (15 to 25 cm)  
Depth: 15-80 ft. (5-25 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Bermuda, Gulf of America, Brazil
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Tetraodontiformes (Order)
     └Balistoidei (Suborder)
      └Ostraciidae (Family) Boxfishes
       └Lactophrys (Genus)
        └L. triqueter (Species)
WoRMS ID: 158932🔗
iNaturalist ID: 577603🔗

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