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Chinese trumpetfish

Characteristics

  • Usually occurs singly.
  • Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans.
  • May form foraging groups with other fishes.

Description

  • Body and snout elongated.
  • Body grey, pinkish or reddish brown.
  • Some individuals possess several horizontal white stripes on body.
  • Dorsal, anal and caudal fin bases black.
  • Caudal fin yellow with two black dots: one on upper-mid caudal fin and one on lower-mid caudal fin.
  • Some individuals entirely yellow.

Common Name: Chinese trumpetfish

Family Common Name: Trumpetfishes

Family: Aulostomidae

Scientific Name: Aulostomus chinensis___(Linnaeus, 1766)

Genus: Aulostomus

Maximum Length: 80 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Chinese trumpetfish

Related fish

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