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Thornback Cowfish

Lactoria fornasini

Description:

Small fish, around 8-10 cm in size, with 2 small 'horns' on its head and a 'spine/thorn' on its back. It has blue markings probably to signify it is poisonous, if eaten.

Habitat:

Tropical reefs between corals and rubbles area

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2 Comments

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 7 years ago

Thanks for your kind comments, @triggsturner :)

triggsturner
triggsturner 7 years ago

Those colours are great Albert. Thanks for sharing this.

AlbertKang
Spotted by
AlbertKang

Cebu, Philippines

Spotted on Jul 4, 2016
Submitted on Aug 13, 2016

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