Description Inhabits coastal areas over soft bottoms, usually at depths greater than 10 m. Feeds on small fishes and shrimps (Ref....
Description Inhabits coastal areas over soft bottoms, usually at depths greater than 10 m. Feeds on small fishes and shrimps (Ref. 3401). A species with a row of narrow bony plates along the side of the body (Ref. 2334) and of reddish or brownish-orange color (Ref. 3132). [details]
Distribution Western Atlantic: 41.2°N to southeastern Florida, USA to Central America
Distribution Western Atlantic: 41.2°N to southeastern Florida, USA to Central America [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159439 on 2025-05-08
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159439 on 2025-05-08
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
additional sourceFroese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online athttps://www.fishbase.org[details]
additional sourceGulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional sourceMcEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.[details]
additional sourceLiu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional sourceBen Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. Biological Invasions. 11(3): 697-711., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4[details] Available for editors
additional sourceStern, N.; Paz, G.; Yudkovsky, Y.; Lubinevsky, H.; Rinkevich, B. (2017). The arrival of a second ‘Lessepsian sprinter'? A first record of the red cornetfish Fistularia petimba in the Eastern Mediterranean. Mediterranean Marine Science. 524., available online athttps://doi.org/10.12681/mms.14144[details]
ecology sourceLooby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online athttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Sea of Marmara
Unreviewed
Comores
Djibouti
Federal Republic of Somalia
Gulf of Mexico
Indian Ocean
Kenya
Madagascar
Mozambique
North Atlantic Ocean
Red Sea
Seychelles
South Africa
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits coastal areas over soft bottoms, usually at depths greater than 10 m. Feeds on small fishes and shrimps (Ref. 3401). A species with a row of narrow bony plates along the side of the body (Ref. 2334) and of reddish or brownish-orange color (Ref. 3132). [details] Diet Feeds on small fishes and shrimps [details] Distribution Western Atlantic: 41.2°N to southeastern Florida, USA to Central America [details] Habitat benthic [details] Habitat Inhabits coastal areas over soft bottoms, usually at depths greater than 10 m. [details] Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Importance Social- subsistence fisheries [details]
Present 
