Its body is greenish grey to brown with two thin blue stripes or lines of dots on the back and lighter on the front. The bluespotted cornetfish also known as smooth cornetfish or smooth flutemouth.
Fistularia Commersonii
Fistularia commersonii body measurement. The genus fistularia belongs to the family. Fistularia commersonii the bluespotted cornetfish also known as smooth cornetfish or smooth flutemouth is a marine fish which belongs to the family fistulariidae. The smooth flutemouth fistularia commersonii and the rough flutemouth f. 36710 either solitary or in schools ref. Fistularia is from the latin fistula meaning pipeline in reference to the long tubular shaped body. Adults inhabit reef habitats to a depth of at least 128 m except in heavy surge areas.
Bray vanessa j. It occurs widely throughout the indo pacific. This fish has an elongated body shape smooth skin a long tubular mouth snout with highly. 3 it is notable for its unusually long slender body shape. Fistularia commersonii from french polynesia the bluespotted cornetfish grows to a length of 16 m 52 ft but the average is around 1 metre 3 ft 3 in. The rough flutemouth has a row of bony plates along the dorsal midline and parallel ridges along the top of the snout.
Size range it grows to 16 m in length. The specific name honours the french botanist philibert commerson 1727 1773. Florents guide to the tropical reefs bluespotted cornetfish fistularia commersonii cornetfishes cornetfishes indo pacific hawaii red sea australia pacific coast of mexico to panama. Fistularia commersonii invasive alien species fact sheet for mediterranean network of mpas. 36327 36710 and squids ref. The smooth flutemouth is a very elongate fish that has a long filament projecting from the caudal fin.
37816probably marketed fresh salted or dried or smoked but more often reduced. This very long and slender reef dweller belongs to the same order as the pipefishes and seahorses. Petimba are often confused as both are known from australian waters. 20 abundance for depth braun blanquets index 5 6 individuals of medium size 80cm spotted over rocks at depth of 2m. The species is named for mr commerson. Its body pattern changes to a broad banded pattern at night.
333966409402 depth m minimum. In the mediterranean its maximum size is 115120 cm and the smallest size ever recorded was 19 cm. Also found in sandy bottoms adjacent to reef areas ref. Commersonii genus fistularia family fistulariidae order syngnathiformes class actinopterygii subphylum vertebrata phylum chordata kingdom animalia. 58302feed on small fishes crustaceans squids and shrimps ref. Fistularia commersonii rüppell 1838 fische rothen meeres 1835 38.
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