Eastern Atlantic Trumpetfish
Aulostomus strigosus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The Atlantic trumpetfish, also referred to as Atlantic coronetfish, is a species of trumpetfish in the family Aulostomidae. It is a tropical marine fish found in shallow coastal waters in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Mauritania to Namibia. Like other trumpetfish, they eat mainly small fish and often shadow other piscivores while hunting.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Aulostomidae
- Genus
- Aulostomus