7th Definitive - 80c Longhorn Cowfish   Date of Issue November 15, 2000 Denomination 80 cents Art Work Chris Van Rooyen, Joan Van Gogh Designer Thea Swanepoel Size 24 x 40.6mm Sheet 50 Perforation 13.25 x 13.75 Perforator Bickel comb Paper De La Rue Gum PVA Phosphor 7% Green/yellow in paper coating Printing Process superlitho Printer The House of Questa, London Initial Quantity 31,500   Longhorn cowfish (lactoria cornuta) -  Belongs to the family Ostraciidae and to the subfamily of "boxfish". A beautiful fish with colours varying from green and olive to orange with blue spots. Occurs in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, frequently thrown ashore westward to beyond Mossel Bay. They grow to about 46 cm.                       Original information and image from South Africa Post