Red cornetfish (Fistularia petimba)

Scientific name: Fistularia petimba Lacep?de, 1803

Red cornetfish (Fistularia petimba)

The Red cornetfish (Fistularia petimba) is a brackish-water fish of the family Fistulariidae.

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.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Fistularia petimba
Family
Fistulariidae (Cornetfishes)
Order
Syngnathiformes (Pipefishes and Seahorses)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
200
Common length
180
Depth range
10–200 m (33–656 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; reef-associated; depth range 10 - 200 m, usually 18 - 57 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida, USA to Central America according to 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.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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