Bastard Trumpeter

About this species

Latridopsis forsteri, the bastard trumpeter, copper moki, red bastard trumpeter, red, white and silver bastard trumpeter, silver bastard trumpeter, silver trumpeter or white bastard trumpeter, is a species of marine ray finned fish belonging to the family Latridae, the trumpeters. It is native to the eastern Indian Ocean and southwestern Pacific Ocean. This species is commercially important.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 78 records
February: 71 records
March: 127 records
April: 96 records
May: 99 records
June: 95 records
July: 15 records
August: 8 records
September: 30 records
October: 29 records
November: 53 records
December: 65 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–103 m · Deepest record: 425 m

0–10 m: 339 records
10–20 m: 102 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 6 records
40–50 m: 6 records
50–60 m: 15 records
60–70 m: 21 records
70–80 m: 14 records
80–90 m: 5 records
90–100 m: 3 records
100–110 m: 39 records
110+ m: 33 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 10–21 °C

8–10 °C: 1 records
10–12 °C: 4 records
12–14 °C: 97 records
14–16 °C: 310 records
16–18 °C: 48 records
18–20 °C: 30 records
20–22 °C: 10 records

Photos

(c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) apteryx54, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bruce Deagle, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Luca Davenport-Thomas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Bastard Trumpeter, Copper Moki, Red Bastard Trumpeter, Silver Bastard Trumpeter, silver trumpeter, Trumpeter, White Bastard Trumpeter

Other scientific names: Latris forsteri, Platystethus huttonii

Similar species

bastard trumpeter
Latridopsis ciliaris
Deep Sea Perch
Nemadactylus macropterus
Banded Morwong
Chirodactylus spectabilis
Black Butterfish
Dactylophora nigricans
Crested Morwong
Goniistius vestitus
Common Trumpeter
Latris lineata

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).
1,096 open-data records from 1873 to 2023.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.