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Blue Spotted Cornetfish

Fistularia commersonii

Photo by LauraMaria
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Field Notes

Description:

Very odd looking fish, long body and snout. Tail fin is forked with a long, thin filmament coming out of the middle. Cornetfish closely related to the trumpetfish. There is only one genus of cornetfish, and just 4 species within it.

Habitat:

Coral reefs and coastal areas in the tropics

Notes:

These guys are odd!

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Comments (3)
LauraMaria
Haha yeah, it's very easy to lose one of these when you're following it around the reef! They're very strange looking, and can even more elongated than this one!

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PublishedJuly 15, 2011

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