Scientific Name	Aulostomus chinensis   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Linnaeus, 1766)	Depth	3 - 122M
Chinese	中華管口魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	管口魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F296　Aulostomidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	中華管口魚
Max Length	80 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	海龍鬚、牛鞭、篦箭柄、土管(臺東)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pan_Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	In India orientali [Indonesia]; China; Brazil [erroneous]
Synonyms	Aulostamus chinensis, Aulostoma chinense, Aulostoma chinensis, Aulostomus valentini, Aulostomus valentiti, Fistularia chinensis, Polypterichthys valentini
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；Fishbase(2005)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0058378. ASIZP0058891. ASIZP0061264. ASIZP0063479. ASIZP0064626. ASIZP0074945. ASIZP0074946. ASIZP0806481. ASIZP0806482. ASIZP0916481. ASIZP0916482. FRIP20356. FRIP21683. FRIP22261. NMMSTP00825. NTUM04876. NTUM05358. RUSI35051.
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Painted flutemouth; Trumpetfish; Trumpet; Tahiti cornet fish; Chinese trumpetfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate and compressed. Mouth located at tip of elongate snout; single barbel on chin. First dorsal fin with VIII to XII isolated spines; second dorsal fin and anal fin opposite to each other and similarly shaped; second dorsal fin with 24 to 27, and anal fin with 26 to 29 segmented soft rays; pelvic fins small, abdominal, with 6 soft rays. Lateral line continuous. Body covered with small ctenoid scales, except for the head and anterior part of the back, which are scaleless. Occurs in three basic color phases: uniformly brown to green, mottled brown to green, or uniformly yellow. First dorsal fin consists of a series of isolated spines, followed by a second dorsal fin consisting of rays. The second dorsal fin is shaped like the anal fin and is found directly above it. A black maxillary stripe usually present, but may be reduced; dorsal and anal fins light, but with a dark basal bar; caudal fin usually with two round black spots; a black spot at the base of each pelvic fin.
habitats	Found in clear, shallow water, in rocky and coral areas of protected and seaward reefs. Feeds on small fishes and shrimps. A slow-moving fish relying partly on stealth and camouflage to sneak up on unsuspecting prey. Often darts down vertically on its pre
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Hawaii and the Easter Island, north to southern Japan south to Lord Howe Island. Eastern Central Pacific: Panama, Revillagigedo Islands, Clipperton Island, Cocos Island, and Malpelo Island. It is common in waters around Taiwan
Utility	Of no commercial importance.