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CAAB: 37278000

Family FISTULARIIDAE

Cornetfishes, Coronetfishes, Flute Mouths, Flutemouths


Compiler and date details

26 April 2017 - Dianne J. Bray, John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates, Matthew M. Lockett, Douglass F. Hoese & Ursula E. Smith.

15 January 2015 - Dianne J. Bray, John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates, Douglass F. Hoese & Ursula E. Smith.

John R. Paxton, Jennifer E. Gates & Douglass F. Hoese

Introduction

Members of the Fistulariidae are known worldwide from shallow tropical and subtropical waters. They were reviewed by Fritzsche (1976), who recognised four species in one genus. Two species are recorded from Australian waters; both are treated in Fritzsche & Thiesfeld (1999) and Kuiter (2000, 2009). Leis & Rennis (2000) described the larvae.

Flutemouths or cornetfishes are extremely long and slender with a flattened body, single short-based dorsal and anal fins situated posteriorly on the body, and a forked caudal fin with the middle two rays extremely long, forming a trailing caudal filament. They have a small mouth at the end of a long, tubular snout and feed on small fishes and invertebrates. Maximum size is 2 m.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017 SYNGNATHIFORMES 26-Apr-2017 MODIFIED Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett
25-Jun-2015 SYNGNATHIFORMES 26-Feb-2015 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
12-Feb-2010 (import)