Scientific Name	Fistularia commersonii   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Rüppell, 1838	Depth	0 - 128M
Chinese	康氏馬鞭魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	馬鞭魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F297　Fistulariidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	無鱗煙管魚
Max Length	160 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	馬戍、槍管、火管、火卷、剃仔、土管(臺東)、喇叭(釣客)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to Pan_Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	[Mohila] Muelih/Al Muwaylih, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea
Synonyms	Fistularia comerson, Fistularia commersoni, Fistularia depressa, Fistularia petimba, Fistularia tabacaria, Fistularia tabaccaria
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 Bilecenoglu, M., E. Taskavak etc. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0063598. ASIZP0064663. ASIZP0064979. ASIZP0065062. ASIZP0800247. ASIZP0800248. ASIZP0910247. ASIZP0910248. ASIZP0916835. FRIP21168. MTP0125. NMMBP00149. NMMBP01349. NMMBP06505. NMMBP06506. NMNSF00891. NTMP1317. NTMP1364. NTUM05148. NTUM06753.
Barcode	2011-07-15,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2011-07-15,柯慧玲,CO1,100%
Common Name	Smooth flutemouths; Reef cornetfish; Smooth flutemouth; Cornetfish; Bluespotted cornetfish; Cornetfish smooth flutemouth; Coronet; Flutemouth
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate and depressed. Interorbital space flat. Mouth small, at end of a long tubular snout, hexagonal in cross-section; teeth in jaws small. Dorsal and anal fins short based and opposite, with 14 to 17 segmented soft rays; pectoral fins with 13 to 15 soft rays; pelvic fins small and abdominal, with 6 soft rays. Lateral line arched, running anteriorly along back, then bending downward on side and continuing posteriorly onto an elongate filament produced by the middle 2 caudal-fin rays; lateral-line scales on causal peduncae without sharp retrorse spines. Color is green dorsally, grading to silvery white ventrally, with two blue stripes or rows of blue spots on the back. Dorsal and anal fin orange becoming transparent at base; caudal filament white.
habitats	Adults inhabit reef habitats to a depth of at least 128 m, except in heavy surge areas. Also found in sandy bottoms adjacent to reef areas, either solitary or in schools. Feed on small fishes, crustaceans and squids.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea and East Africa to Rapa and Easter Island, north to southern Japan, south to Australia and New Zealand; including, Mexico to Panama, including offshore islands. First record in the Mediterranean was reported. I
Utility	Utilized fresh, dried salted, or smoked; also reduced to fishmeal.