Scientific Name
Chelmon rostratus  
Pronounce  
 Chelmon rostratus長吻管嘴魚
by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author (Linnaeus, 1758) Depth 1 - 30M
Chinese 長吻管嘴魚 Poisonous Fish No 
Family_Chinese 蝴蝶魚科 Economic Fish No 
Family F393　Chaetodontidae Edible Fish No  Chinese In Mainland China 鑽嘴魚 
Max Length 20 cm  Aquarium Fish Yes  Common Name 短火箭 
Distribution in World India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean   Distribution in Taiwan PonFu 
Habitats Coral、Coastal  Holotype Locality East Indies 
Synonyms Chaelmo rostratus, Chaetodon enceladus, Chaetodon rostratus, Chelmo rostratus, Chelmon lol, Chelmon rostratus marginalis   
Reference 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)  Shen, S. C. etc. 1977 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 
Specimen List ASIZP0057389. ASIZP0057781. ASIZP0062218. ASIZP0066529. ASIZP0069910. ASIZP0069996. ASIZP0801368. ASIZP0803315. ASIZP0803316. ASIZP0911368. ASIZP0913315. ASIZP0913316. NTOU-AE6042. NTUM02799.  
Barcode2008-03-24,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100%
Common Name Beaked or Copper-banded butterflyfish; Copperband butterflyfish; Beaked coralfish; Breaked coral fish; Copper-banded butterflyfish; Beaked butterflyfish; Banded longsnout butterflyfish; Longnose butterflyfish 
Redlist Status NL Not in IUCN Redlist     
Characteristic Body oval, deep, strongly compressed. Snout remarkably protruding anteriorly like a rod; preopercle smooth, without prominent spines. Small protractile mouth with brush-like teeth in the jaws. Dorsal fin with IX spines, no notch between spinous and soft dorsal fin; and 28 to 30 soft rays; anal fin with III spines and 19 to 21 soft rays; pectoral fins transparent with 14 to 15 soft rays; pelvic fins with I stout spine and 5 branched rays; caudal fin rounded. Overall white with three orange bars and an occellated black spot at base of soft portion of dorsal fin; soft portion of dorsal and anal fins yellow orange; a dark-edged orange bar through eye and narrow blue-edged brown and orange bar across base of caudal fin.
habitats Inhabits coral reefs at depths of 3 to 20 m; also in estuaries and silty inner reefs. Feeds on crabs, worms, and other invertebrates; usually in pairs. Territorial species. 
Distribution Distributed from the Andaman Sea eastward throughout the Indo-Malayan region, northward to southern Japan and southward to the Great Barrier Reef. It is found in Penghu Is.. 
Utility Marine aquarium fish.