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Lactoria cornuta

Lactoria cornuta

Longhorn cowfish

Distribution: from the Red Sea and Eastern Africa to Southern Japan, Marquesas, the Tuamotu Islands and Lord Howe.

Spots where Lactoria cornuta has been spotted by snorkelers

Lactoria cornuta snorkeling pictures

at Etang Salé (Réunion Island)
© paradis974

at Temae Beach (Tahiti and the Society Islands)

at Pinewood Beach (Kenya)
© nst56

at Plage de Tiahura (Tahiti and the Society Islands)
© maupiti60

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