Scientific Name	Fistularia petimba   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Lacepède, 1803	Depth	10 - 200M
Chinese	鱗馬鞭魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	馬鞭魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F297　Fistulariidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	鱗煙管魚
Max Length	200 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	馬鞭魚、馬戍、槍管、火管、火卷、剃仔、土管(臺東)、喇叭(釣客)
Distribution in World	global	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew、LanI Is.、Greeb IS.、Tung Sa IS.
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Straits of New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific; Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean; Antilles, western Atlantic
Synonyms	Fistularia immaculata, Fistularia patimba, Fistularia rubra, Fistularia serrata, Fistularia starksi, Fistularia villosa
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	ASIZP0054451. ASIZP0056973. ASIZP0060173. ASIZP0061561. ASIZP0062518. ASIZP0065153. ASIZP0067762. ASIZP0068320. ASIZP0800527. ASIZP0800840. ASIZP0803523. ASIZP0900527. ASIZP0910840. ASIZP0913523. FRIP00435. FRIP00436. FRIP00437. FRIP20257. FRIP20282. FRIP21423. NMMBP00168. NMMBP02798. NMMBP04300. NMMBP04305. NMMBP05577. NMMSTP00321. NTMP0166. NTUM00013Paratype. NTUM00559. NTUM02343. NTUM02401. NTUM04877. NTUM04878. NTUM04879. NTUM04880. NTUM04881. NTUM04882. ...List all 41 records...
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,%
Common Name	Rough flutemouth; Red cornet fish; Red cornetfish; Serrate flutemouth; Pipefish; Rough flute mouth; Cornet fish; Flute mouth; Flutemouth; Lacepede's cornetfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate and depressed. Interorbital space deeply concave. 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 15 to 17 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 with sharp retrorse spines. Colour in life red to orange-brown above, silvery below; vertical fins also have an orange cast.
habitats	Found in the sublittoral zone; inhabits coastal areas over soft bottoms, usually at depths greater than 10 m. Feeds on small fishes and shrimps.
Distribution	Widely distributed in the Atlantic, Indian, and western Pacific oceans, including Hawaii. It is common in waters around Taiwan.
Utility	Utilized fresh, dried salted, or smoked; also reduced to fishmeal.