Photo: Hectonichus · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Description
- 📏 up to 80 cm
- 🌊 lagoons, reef slopes
The Chinese trumpetfish is very long and slender, with a tube-like mouth that sucks in its prey. It often hangs vertically among sea fans to camouflage itself.
Did you know?
In Tahitian it is called tupou or tiaʻi miti.
Source: TAXREF vernacular database
Tahitian names: TAXREF (INPN/MNHN) – Society Islands. French name: Poisson-trompette.
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