Species: Aulostomus chinensis, Chinese trumpetfish, Pacific trumpetfish
D2&A small, at rear
Aulostomus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Pacific trumpetfish, Chinese trumpetfish
Body very elongate, somewhat compressed; head strongly compressed; snout very long, tubular; barbel on chin; no teeth on top jaw, tiny teeth on lower jaw; 1st dorsal fin with VIII-XIII small, isolated spines; 2nd dorsal and anal fins with 21-25 rays; pelvic fins well behind pectorals, short but reach anus; soft dorsal and anal opposite at rear of body, fins similar in shape and relatively high; narrow tail base; tail fin rounded; scales small, rough.
Color variable, usually brown to grey-brown above, with diffuse pale stripes and bars on the sides and rear body with a broad blackish bar between the soft dorsal and anal fins; at times completely yellow; an elongate black on side of lower jaw; a black spot at front of soft dorsal fin; a black spot at the top and bottom of the base of the tail fin; no row of small black dots along upper back.
Size: 80 cm.
Habitat: rocky reefs.
Depth: 3-120 m.
An Indo-Pacific species; the tip of Baja, Panama to Ecuador and all the oceanic islands.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Bony fishes
- Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Pelagic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- "Transpacific" (East + Central &/or West Pacific)
- All Pacific (West + Central + East)
- TEP non-endemic
- All species
- Indo-Pacific only (Indian + Pacific Oceans)
- Regional Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Eastern Pacific non-endemic
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 80
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 120
