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Family Aulostomidae: One genus, three species. Unmistakable elongated bodies, with jaws bearing a fleshy barbel at their tip. Other superficially appearing fishes can be further distinguished from this family by their rounded caudal/tail fin, well-developed lateral line... and great size. Approaching a meter/yard in length. Distribution: The tropical Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. | Aulostomus chinensis (Linnaeus 1766), the Chinese Trumpetfish. Indo-pan-Pacific; eastern Africa to Panama. To thirty two inches in length. Brown, green, mottled... to yellow. At right: yellow individual photographed in the Maldives and Galapagos. Below, individuals at a L.A. Wholesalers, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Big Island of Hawai'i, an eight inch individual off of Queensland, Australia, two close-ups of the heads of very yellow individuals in Huka Niva, Marquesas. | 
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| Aulostomus strigosus Wheeler 1955, the Atlantic Cornetfish. Eastern Atlantic; Cape Verde, other islands, western African coast. To thirty inches in length. | |
| Trumpetfishes like to "hang out" with other fishes, invertebrates for cover/camouflage likely | 
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Bibliography/Further Reading: Krechmer, Michael. 1993. Trumpetfishes: Aquarium oddities. TFH 3/93 Stratton, Richard F. 1994. Trumpetfishes: Definitely Different . TFH 12/94. |
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