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Name : Lactoria cornuta

Class : Actinopterygii

Order : Tetraodontiformes

Family : Ostraciidae

Description :

This species is Characterized with a pair of sharp "horns" about twice eye diameter one on each side of lower rear edge of carapace; very steep dorsal profile of snout, almost vertical; elongate caudal fin, cryptic coloring ranges from green and olive to orange with blue spots

Size

Maximum length: 20.5 cm (TL), common length: 12-16 cm (TL)

Diet

Feeds on benthic invertebrates

Utilization

It is used as an aquarium fish

Gears

Trawl, gillnet