Trumpet fish-like
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East Atlantic Trumpetfish ( Aulostomus strigosus ) |
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The trumpet fish-like (Aulostomoidea) are a superfamily from the order of the pipefish-like (Syngnathiformes). Species of the Aulostomoidea live worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas, especially near the coast in rocky and coral reefs .
features
They are very elongated fish that can be 75 cm to 1.7 meters long and have a tubular mouth suitable for sucking, which is toothless or has only very small teeth. The four anterior vertebrae are elongated. On the back, just behind the head, three well-developed bones form a neck plate. There is a post cleithrum in the shoulder girdle . The number of Branchiostegal rays is usually four to five, rarely three. The pelvic fins are supported by six, less often five, soft rays. The lateral line organ is well developed or absent.
Trumpet fish-like predators feed on small fish and crustaceans.
Internal system
There are two monogeneric families with three or four types:
- Family trumpet fish (Aulostomidae)
- Pacific trumpet fish ( Aulostomus chinensis ), up to 80 centimeters long, tropical Indo-Pacific .
- West Atlantic trumpet fish ( Aulostomus maculatus ) up to 100 centimeters long, tropical western Atlantic .
- East Atlantic trumpet fish ( Aulostomus strigosus ), up to 75 centimeters long, tropical eastern Atlantic.
- Family flute fish (Fistulariidae)
- Smooth flute fish ( Fistularia commersonii ), up to 1.60 meters long, Indo-Pacific, Red Sea , immigrated to the Mediterranean .
- Fistularia corneta , up to 1.06 meters long, eastern Pacific from Baja California to Peru .
- Rough flute fish ( Fistularia petimba ), up to 2 meters long, tropical Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.
- Blaupunkt flute fish ( Fistularia tabacaria ), up to 2 meters long, tropical Atlantic.
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World , John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
- Kurt Fiedler: Textbook of Special Zoology, Volume II, Part 2: Fish . Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena, 1991, ISBN 3-334-00339-6 .