Chinese trumpetfish

About this species

The Chinese trumpetfish, is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Aulostomidae.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 537 records
February: 416 records
March: 503 records
April: 546 records
May: 560 records
June: 648 records
July: 686 records
August: 794 records
September: 901 records
October: 790 records
November: 534 records
December: 465 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–22 m · Deepest record: 143 m

0–10 m: 650 records
10–20 m: 880 records
20–30 m: 218 records
30–40 m: 15 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 3 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 3 records
100–110 m: 4 records
110+ m: 11 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 17 records
24–26 °C: 115 records
26–28 °C: 74 records
28–30 °C: 54 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Lennart Hudel, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Eric Crandall, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) cello caruso-turiello, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Chinese trumpetfish, Flutemouth, Indo-Pacific Trumpetfish, Pacific Trumpetfish, painted flute mouth, Painted Flute-mouth, Painted Flutemouth, Spiny-back Trumpet-fish, Spiny-back Trumpetfish, Stickfish, Tahiti Cornetfish, Trumpet, Trumpetfish, Trumpetfish, Chinese trumpetfish

Names in 6 more languages

German: Pazifischer Trompetenfisch
Spanish: pez trompeta, Pez trompeta china, trompeta china, Trompetero chino
French: Aiguillette du fond, Poisson flûte, Poisson trompette, Poisson-trompette Indo-Pacifique, Poisson-trompette, Trompette chinoise, Trompette chinoise
Japanese: Herayagara, ヘラヤガラ
Thai: ปลาปากแตร
Simplified Chinese: 中华管口鱼, 中國管口魚，中華管口魚, 中華管口魚, 土管, 海龍鬚, 牛鞭, 篦箭柄

Other scientific names: Aulostamus chinensis, Aulostoma chinense, Aulostoma chinensis, Aulostomus valentini, Aulostomus valentiti, Fistularia chinensis, Polypterichthys valentini

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
3,368 open-data records from 1766 to 2024.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.