#2379 · 🐟 fish
Smooth Trunkfish
Lactophrys triqueter
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- 5. © Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble · CC BY 4.0
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- 7. © terence zahner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Leshell · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?
Lactophrys triqueter also known as the smooth trunkfish , is a species of boxfish found on and near reefs in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and subtropical parts of the western Atlantic Ocean.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,674 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Smooth Trunkfish
- scientific name
- Lactophrys triqueter
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Tetraodontiformes
- family
- Ostraciidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,674
- GBIF records in NL
- 7
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Ostraciidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 577603, Wikidata Q1466578, GBIF 2408093, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.