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Red cornetfish (Fistularia petimba) fish species information

Scientific Name
Fistularia petimba

Common Name
Red cornetfish

Biology
Dorsal spines : 0; Dorsal soft rays : 13-15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15. With a row of bony plates along the midline ; reddish or brownish-orange in color.

Classification

Classified By

Lacep?de, 1803

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Pipefishes and Seahorses (Syngnathiformes)

Family

Cornetfishes (Fistulariidae)

Distribution

Region

Western Atlantic

Distribution

Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida, USA to Central America according to Ref. 7251, Massachusetts to southern Brazil. Also found in Argentina. Eastern Atlantic: Galicia, Spain , Cape Blanc and Cape Verde to Angola. Reported from Walvis Bay, Namibia. Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to Victoria, Australia. This name has often wrongly been used for the more common Fistularia commersonii. Mediterranean: Cadiz, Spain .

Range

44°N - 39°S

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

10 m

Depth To - meters

200 m

Zone

reef-associated

Environment

Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 200 m , usually 18 - 57 m

Trophic Level

4.5 s.e. 0.80 Based on diet studies.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

True

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

True

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

200 cm

Common Length

180 cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.6250 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

Vulnerability

High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100)

Resilience

Unknown

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated