false trevally

{{Short description|Species of ray-finned fish}}

{{Distinguish|text=the milk-cap mushroom genus Lactarius}}

{{Speciesbox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Eocene|recent}}

| image = Lactarius lactarius 02.jpg

| image_caption = Lactarius lactarius

| display_parents = 3

| grandparent_authority = Boulenger, 1904 {{cite journal | author1 = Richard van der Laan | author2 = William N. Eschmeyer | author3 = Ronald Fricke | name-list-style = amp |year=2014 | title = Family-group names of Recent fishes | url = https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480 | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3882 | issue =2 | pages = 001–230}}

| parent_authority = Valenciennes, 1833{{Cof record |genid=1353|title=Lactarius|access-date=5 November 2020}}

| genus = Lactarius (fish)

| species = lactarius

| authority = (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)

| synonyms = Genus:

• Platylepes Swainson, 1839

Species:

• Scomber lactarius Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
• Lactarius delicatulus Valenciennes, 1833
• Lactarius burmanicus Lloyd, 1907

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The false trevally (Lactarius lactarius) is a species of carangiform ray-finned fish in the family Lactariidae, currently the sole member of the family.{{FishBase|genus=Lactarius|species=lactarius|month=October|year=2013}}