Longhorn cowfish

species of fish
Taxon taxon Q664165
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Longhorn cowfish

Summary

Longhorn cowfish is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (405 views/month, #1,460 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Longhorn cowfish's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Longhorn cowfish is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Longhorn cowfish is classified within Lactoria[5].
  • Longhorn cowfish's scientific name is Lactoria cornuta[6].
  • Longhorn cowfish's Commons category is recorded as Lactoria cornuta[7].
  • Longhorn cowfish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lactoria cornuta[8].
  • Longhorn cowfish's Commons gallery is recorded as Lactoria cornuta[9].
  • Longhorn cowfish's original combination is recorded as Ostracion cornutus[10].
  • Longhorn cowfish's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'L. cornuta'}[11].
  • Longhorn cowfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '角箱魨'}[12].
  • Longhorn cowfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '長牛角'}[13].
  • Longhorn cowfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '箱河魨'}[14].
  • Longhorn cowfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '牛角'}[15].
  • Longhorn cowfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '牛角狄'}[16].
  • Longhorn cowfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海牛港'}[17].
  • Longhorn cowfish is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '角規'}[18].
  • Longhorn cowfish's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[19].

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Classification

Longhorn cowfish's scientific name is Lactoria cornuta[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Lactoria[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '角箱魨'}[12], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '長牛角'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '箱河魨'}[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '牛角'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '牛角狄'}[16], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海牛港'}[17].

Identifiers

Longhorn cowfish's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 121661[20]. Longhorn cowfish's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 586829[21]. Longhorn cowfish's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2408107[22]. Longhorn cowfish's ITIS TSN is recorded as 615867[23].

Why It Matters

Longhorn cowfish ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (405 views/month, #1,460 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [21] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Poco a poco · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Lactoria cornuta
    Instance of taxon
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Aliases
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Pez cofre cornudo (Lactoria cornuta), Mauricio, 2025-09-23, DD 117.jpg"
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