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Longhorn cowfish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The longhorn cowfish , Lactoria cornuta , is a variety of boxfish from the Ostraciidi family, recognisable by its long horns that protrude from the front of its head, rather like those of a cow ...
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The Longhorned Cowfish or Lactoria cornuta is the one of the largest and most popular kinds of Cowfish. These almost alien looking fish have a pair of horns that come out right above each of their eyes! They can grow up to 18" in the wild, but don't normally get any bigger than 12" when kept in ... Long Nose Spearfish (1)
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The bizarre looking Long Horn Cowfish is very peaceful in a community tank, but will not tolerate other Long Horns. Although the Long Horn Cowfish has been kept in reef tanks in the past, they may pick on tube worms.
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Longhorned Cowfish Characteristics ... As long as the drawbacks above are understood and you are prepared to give this fish the conditions and feeding it requires, the longhorned cowfish makes an interesting pet, as it becomes tame and interested in the world outside its tank...
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The Long-horned Cowfish is somewhat of an oddity. The body of this fish is a tapering box shape. The fish is covered with bony armour leaving only the snout, eyes, fins, gill opening and anus uncovered. The base color is a faded yellow, covered by blue dots and facial lines.
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Cowfish, as with other boxfish, uncover their meals of crabs and shrimps by blowing jets of water into the sand with their mouths. This photo subject is commonly known as a Long-Horned Cowfish. Because they are such slow swimmers cowfish are easily caught by hand, making a grunting noise when captured.
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I suspect this pair of Long-Horned Cowfish are mates, since I have seen them together on numerous occasions in the same dive spot. Each one is about five inches in length. I presume they are named "cowfish" after the horns, since they don't have udders and don't "moo" (though they do grunt when held).
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