East Atlantic Trumpet Fish
| East Atlantic Trumpet Fish | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Atlantic Trumpetfish ( Aulostomus strigosus ) |
||||||||||||
| Systematics | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| Scientific name | ||||||||||||
| Aulostomus strigosus | ||||||||||||
| Wheeler , 1955 |
The East Atlantic Trumpet Fish ( Aulostomus strigosus ) is widespread in the eastern subtropical and tropical Atlantic from Madeira , the Canary and Cape Verde Islands to the coast of tropical West Africa from Mauritania to Namibia . Rudie H. Kuiter also specifies St. Helena as a distribution area.
features
The East Atlantic Trumpet Fish becomes a maximum of 75 cm long. Its elongated, rod-shaped body can be very variable in color and the fish are able to change their color quickly. The fish are often striped brown, the tail fin stalk patterned by three ribbons. The snout is tubular, a single barbel sits on the protruding tip of the lower jaw. The dorsal and anal fin are symmetrically opposite each other in the rear third of the body and are supported by 24 to 25 segmented soft rays. The first dorsal fin was reduced to individually standing fin spines. The body is covered with small comb scales, the head and front back are scaly. Of the 62 to 63 vertebrae, the first four are elongated and grown together.
Way of life
The East Atlantic trumpet fish lives close to the coast over rocky sea beds and rock reefs and feeds primarily on smaller fish and shrimp. In most cases it lives solitary, but is said to occasionally appear in pairs.
literature
- W. Fischer & G. Bianchi: FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes, Eastern Central Atlantic. Volume I, © FAO Rome, 1981
- Rudie H. Kuiter : Seahorses, pipefish, shredded fish and their relatives . Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001 ISBN 3-8001-3244-3
Web links
- Aulostomus strigosus on Fishbase.org (English)