Smooth Trunkfish Cozumel Mexico
Size: 6 to 12 in.
ID: White spots on dark body; honeycombed on midbody
Class: Actinopterygii / Ray-finned fishes
Order: Tetraodontiformes / Boxfishes
Family: Ostracidae / Boxfishes, Cowfishes, and Trunkfishes
Genus Species: Lactophyrs triqueter / Smooth Trunkfish
Habitat: reef and over sand
Typical food: polychate worms, peanut worms, crabs, shrimps, tunicates, sponges, acorn worms
Other information: "blows" jet of water to uncover burrowing organisms for food; can release toxins; usually solitary.
