Class: Actinopterygii
/ Ray-finned fishes
Order: Gasterosteiformes
/ Sticklebacks
Family: Aulostomidae
/ Trumpetfishes
Genus Species: Aulostomus
maculatus / Trumpetfish
Habitat: coral
reefs
Typical food:
small fish and shrimp
Other information:
ability to change color and pattern to blend into the surroundings; elongated
snout with flared
"trumpet" shaped mouth is capable
of great expansion which gives it the capability of ingesting 3 to 4 inch
wide fish;
when the jaw opens it creates a
vacuum to suck the prey in; it is a voracious predator lurking just above
larger fishes
as they move; drift vertically parallel
to sea rods for camouflage
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