Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 25; Anal soft rays: 21 - 25. Prominent barbel at tip of lower jaw. Dorsal fin preceded by 8-13 well-spaced, isolated spines (Ref. 26938)

Common Names

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Trõmpet lamê , Creole, French , Dominica

Plettet trompetfisk , Danish , Denmark

Trompetvis , Dutch , Bermuda

Atlantic trumpetfish , English , USA

Caribbean trumpetfish , English , USA

Fifer , English , Jamaica

Trumpet fish , English , Barbados

Trumpeter , English , Barbados

Trumpetfish , English , Neth Antilles

Trumpetfish , English , Dominica

Trumpetfish , English , Bahamas

Trumpetfish , English , Puerto Rico

Trumpetfish , English , Cuba

Trumpetfish , English , Jamaica

Trumpetfish , English , St Lucia

Trumpetfish , English , USA

Trumpetfish , English , Global

Kirju torukala , Estonian , Estonia

Täpiline torukala , Estonian , Estonia

Trompette , French , Haiti

Trompette , French , France

Trompette tachetée , French , France

Gefleckter Trompetfisch , German , Germany

斑点管口鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

斑點管口魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Tròmpèt , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles

Trompet , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles

Trombeta , Portuguese , Brazil

Peixe-trombeta , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

флейторыл , Russian , Russia

Corneta , Spanish , Spain

Corneta , Spanish , Puerto Rico

Corneta , Spanish , Dominican Rp

Corneta , Spanish , Venezuela

Trompa , Spanish , Cuba

Trompeta , Spanish , Spain

Trompeta , Spanish , Colombia

Trompeta , Spanish , Dominican Rp

Trompeta del Atlántico , Spanish , Mexico

Trompeta pintada , Spanish , Spain

Trompeta pintada , Spanish , Nicaragua

Trompetero , Spanish , Trinidad Tobago

Trompetero , Spanish , Cuba

Trumpetfisk , Swedish , Sweden

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Syngnathiformes

Family: Aulostomidae

Genus: Aulostomus

Species: Aulostomus maculatus Valenciennes, 1841

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: southern Florida, USA and Bermuda to northern South America. East to St. Paul's Rocks (Ref. 13121).

Biology

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Commonly found in weedy areas and especially around reefs, where they usually swim snout-down among sea whips (gorgonians). A solitary ambusher of small fishes and crustaceans that lurk among branching coral or gorgonians. Often swims behind large herbivorous fishes to sneak up on prey. Mouth opens to diameter of body to suck in prey (Ref. 9710). Marketed locally. Has been traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil (Ref. 49392).

Habitat

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associated