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| Species: | F. petimba
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| Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803
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The red cornetfish, Fistularia petimba, is a cornetfish of the family Fistulariidae, found in tropical oceans worldwide, at depths of between 10 and 200 m. Its length is up to 2 m.
The red cornetfish is a very elongate and cylindrical fish with a long tubular snout making up a quarter of its total length. At the tip of the snout is a small mouth bearing fine teeth. The small lunate caudal fin has a long filament extending from its centre. The skin is scaleless, and the colour may be pink, yellow, or pale brown, usually with a greenish tinge. There is a row of bony plates along the midline.
They feed on small fishes and shrimps.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Fistularia petimba" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8