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title: "Smooth Trunkfish"
description: "Lactophrys triqueter — Ryby. The smooth trunkfish (Lactophrys triqueter) is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the boxfish family Ostraciidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/smooth-trunkfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Smooth Trunkfish

> Lactophrys triqueter — Ryby. The smooth trunkfish (Lactophrys triqueter) is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the boxfish family Ostraciidae.

- Scientific name: *Lactophrys triqueter*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 3598
- Wikidata: [Q1466578](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1466578)
- iNaturalist taxon: [577603](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/577603)

## Names

- en: Smooth Trunkfish
- de: Perlen-Kofferfisch
- es: Pez cofre
- fr: Poisson-coffre à points blancs

## Countries with the most observations

MX (552), CW (228), VI (225), US (206), AW (167), HN (144), MQ (140), GP (137), KY (84), PR (78), BZ (68), CO (66)

## Summary

The smooth trunkfish (Lactophrys triqueter) is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the boxfish family Ostraciidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smooth_trunkfish

## Photo

![Smooth Trunkfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/smooth-trunkfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marissa Balfour · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/95354840

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/smooth-trunkfish?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).