Sealife guideThe smooth trunkfishRhinesomus triqueter
Last updated on 03/01/2024 at 07:52 PM
Taxonomy
English names
Smooth trunkfish
French namesPoisson coffre mouton
Scientific nameRhinesomus triqueter (Linnaeus, 1758)
FamilyOstraciidae
OrderTetraodontiformes
ClassActinopterygii
The smooth trunkfish (Rhinesomus triqueter)
The smooth trunkfish (Rhinesomus triqueter)
Within the same family
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Reticulate boxfishOstracion solorensis
Scrawled cowfishAcanthostracion quadricornis
Spotted boxfishOstracion meleagris
Spotted trunkfishLactophrys bicaudalis
Thornback cowfishLactoria fornasini
Yellow boxfishOstracion cubicus
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