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Lactoria fornasini
Thornback Cowfish
As recorded: Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846)
Animalia › Chordata › Tetraodontiformes › Ostraciidae
- Collected by
- R/V "Townsend Cromwell" cruise 32, station 14station →V Townsend Cromwell cruise 32 →
- Date
- July 16, 1967
- Locality
- Oahu; W side
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- United States
- Coordinates
- 21.3500, -158.2330
- Depth
- 96 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On July 16, 1967, R/V "Townsend Cromwell" cruise 32, station 14 also collected 2 other specimens.
Still here: Lactoria fornasini observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1967. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 17 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-05-20.
2025-05-20
US
(c) Christopher Ashmore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2023-09-23
Ewa Pinnacles
(c) David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-11-19
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-05-10
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-10-23
Nānākuli, HI 96792, USA
(c) David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-10-02
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) David R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Lactoria fornasini. BPBM 23565. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37321119. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/23565.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37321119 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026