Longhorn cowfish

 

Scientific name : Lactoria cornuta

 

Family : Ostraciidae
Size : Up to 46 cm (including tail)
Distribution : Red Sea, tropical Indo-Pacific

 

Biology : Feeds on small invertebrates, which it finds by blowing into the sand.
It prefers to live in shallow sandy-muddy coral lagoons, seagrass beds, harbour areas and estuaries.