Species: Fistularia corneta, Deepwater cornetfish, Pacific cornetfish
between eyes - wide, smooth
D, A & C reddish
C filament short, dark
Fistularia corneta Gilbert & Starks, 1904
Deepwater cornetfish, Pacific cornetfish
Extremely elongate, depressed body; a very long tubular snout with a short oblique mouth at the end; snout and jaws relatively slender; between eyes relatively wide (6.2-8.6% of snout length), depressed, smooth with ridges only near eyes; top ridge on snout smooth, side ridge with weak serrations; minute teeth; no fin spines; dorsal fin sickle-shaped, at rear of body directly over the anal fin, which has same shape; dorsal rays 17-20; anal rays 16-19; pectoral rays 15-18; pelvics on abdomen, well behind pectorals; a forked tail fin with a short central filament; body of juveniles covered with small spines; lateral line arched at front half of body, continues out onto tail filament.
Orange to brown above, sometimes with brown or black blotches; bases of dorsal and anal fins orange; dorsal, anal and tail fins pinkish, tail filament dark.
Size: 70 cm.
Habitat: demersal, soft and hard bottoms, including estuaries.
Depth: 0-50 m.
Southern California to the Gulf of California to Peru, the Revillagigedos, Cocos and the Galapagos.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Near Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Estuary
- Water column
- Beach
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Planktivore
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Zooplankton
- Bony fishes
- Pelagic fish larvae
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent
- TEP endemic
- Continent + Island (s)
- Island (s)
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 70
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 50
