Rough Flutemouth
Fistularia petimba
Summary 2
The red cornetfish, Fistularia petimba, is a cornetfish of the family Fistulariidae, found in tropical oceans worldwide, at depths between 10 and 200 m. In Japan, they are called akayagara (Jap. 赤矢柄; アカヤガラ "red arrow shaft"), and sometimes teppō (鉄砲 or 鉄炮; てっぽう) (rifle) fish. They are up to 2 m in length.
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- (c) Andrew J. Green / Reef Life Survey, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Fistularia_petimba%2C_Chowder.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fistularia_petimba
