Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803

Red cornetfish

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Classification	Actinopterygii \| Syngnathiformes \| Fistulariidae
Synonyms	Fistularia immaculata, Fistularia rubra, Fistularia serrata, ... more
Common names	Cornette rouge, Corneta colorada, Cornet fish, ... more

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Main reference

Fritzsche, R.A. 1990. (Ref. 6557)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 200 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26999); common length : 180 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 47377); max. published weight: 4,650 g (Ref. 4883)

Environment

Reef-associated; brackish; marine; depth range 10 - 200 m (Ref. 9563), usually 18 - 57 m (Ref. 47377)

Climate / Range

Tropical; 44°N - 39°S

Western Atlantic: southeastern Florida, USA to Central America according to Ref. 7251, Massachusetts to southern Brazil (Ref. 47377). Eastern Atlantic: Galicia, Spain (Ref. 74931), Cape Blanc and Cape Verde to Angola (Ref. 6557). Reported from Walvis Bay, Namibia (Ref. 4272). Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to Victoria, Australia (Ref. 33390). This name has often wrongly been used for the more common Fistularia commersonii (Ref. 2334). Mediterranean: Cadiz, Spain (southern Iberian Peninsula) (Ref. 34227).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15. With a row of bony plates along the midline (absent in F. commersoni); reddish or brownish-orange in color (whereas F. commersoni is greenish-brown).

Found in the sublittoral zone (Ref. 11230); inhabits coastal areas over soft bottoms, usually at depths greater than 10 m (Ref. 30573). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feeds on small fishes and shrimps (Ref. 3401). Maximum length reported is 200 cm TL (Ref. 26999), however, no specimen over 100 cm is known to J.E. Randall (Ref. 11441).


IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 57073)	Threat to humans
Not Evaluated	Harmless

Human uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries


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Estimation of some characteristics with mathematical models

Resilience (Ref. 69278)


Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)	Price category (Ref. 80766)
High to very high vulnerability (71 of 100)	Not marketed/unknown

Entered by Froese, Rainer

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