Description

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Common Names

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Agulha buzina , Creole, Portuguese , Cape Verde

Viola , Creole, Portuguese , Cape Verde

Østatlantisk trompetfisk , Danish , Denmark

Atlantic cornetfish , English , UK

Trantran , English , St Helena

Trantran , English , Ascension I.

Trumpetfish , English , St Helena

Ostatlantischer Trompetenfisch , German , Germany

細管口魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

细管口鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Peixe-trombeta , Portuguese , Cape Verde

Trombeta , Portuguese , Cape Verde

Trombeta , Portuguese , Madeira Is.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Syngnathiformes

Family: Aulostomidae

Genus: Aulostomus

Species: Aulostomus strigosus Wheeler, 1955

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde (including other islands) and from the tropical West African coast.

Biology

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Coastal species (Ref. 27000). Occurs over rocky bottoms in shallow inshore waters. Feeds mainly on small fishes (Ref. 6554).

Habitat

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demersal