> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: Animals
**Phylum**:: Chordata
**Subphylum**:: [Vertebrata](Vertebrata.md)
**Superclass**:: Osteichthyes
**Class**:: Actinopterygii
**Subclass**:: Neopterygii
**Superorder**:: Acanthopterygii
**Order**:: Tetraodontiformes
**Suborder**:: Tetraodontoidei
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Ostraciidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Lactophrys
**Species**:: L. bicaudalis
**Vernacular**:: Spotted trunkfish
## Photos
*[112 - 2023-02-27 - Pointe Lamarre - Saint Pierre - Martinique](112%20-%202023-02-27%20-%20Pointe%20Lamarre%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md)*
*[116 - 2023-03-01 - Sources chaudes - Saint Pierre - Martinique](116%20-%202023-03-01%20-%20Sources%20chaudes%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - Certainly a juvenile*
## Notes
Can be confused with [Lactophrys triqueter - Smooth trunkfish](Lactophrys%20triqueter%20-%20Smooth%20trunkfish.md). The unique features are the body cover with dots for the L. bicaudalis and black eyes.
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Coffre-zinga3/(rOffset)/19