Aulostomus strigosus Atlantic cornetfish

Aulostomus strigosusis commonly referred to as Atlantic cornetfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

3811 

AphiaID:

278081 

Scientific:

Aulostomus strigosus 

German:

Ostatlantischer Trompetenfisch 

English:

Atlantic Cornetfish 

Category:

Trumpet & Cornetfish 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Aulostomidae (Family) > Aulostomus (Genus) > strigosus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Wheeler, 1955 

Occurrence:

West Sahara, Gambia, Benin, Ghana, Angola, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Brazil, Cameroon, Congo, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Madeira, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Togo, West Africa 

Sea depth:

5 - 25 Meter 

Size:

up to 29.53" (75 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes) 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Aulostomus chinensis
  Pazifischer Trompetenfisch
• 
  Aulostomus maculatus
  Westatlantischer Trompetenfisch
• 
  Aulostomus strigosus
  Ostatlantischer Trompetenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-08-09 18:29:34 

Last edit:

2020-01-16 11:14:55 

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