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Chinese Trumpetfish

Aulostomus chinensis

Bislamalongmaot— names this kind of animal, not this species alone

Chinese Trumpetfish — photo 1 of 4
Photo 1 of 4 · Karelj · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
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Habitat
Reef
Max size
80 cm
Depth
0-122 m
Family
Aulostomidae

The Chinese trumpetfish, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Aulostomidae.

Adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Side by side, with what tells them apart.

Chinese Trumpetfish
This oneChinese Trumpetfish
Bluespotted Cornetfish
Look-alikeBluespotted Cornetfish

Both are long, thin hunters with a tube for a snout. Bluespotted Cornetfish is slimmer still, blue- to green-grey with thin blue lines of dots on the back, and its tail ends in a long, whip-like filament; it reaches 1.6 m. Chinese Trumpetfish is deeper and flattened side to side, with a small barbel under the chin, a row of separate spines along the back and one or two black spots on the tail -- and it may be brown, mottled or bright yellow.

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