WoRMS taxon details
Fistularia tabacaria Linnaeus, 1758
159440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159440)
accepted
Species
Aulastoma margravii Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Aulostoma margravii Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted
Aulostomus margravii Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Fistularia neoboracensis Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Fistularia neoeboracensis Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
Fistularia ocellata Duméril, 1861 · unaccepted
Flagellaria fistularis Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution Georges Bank and southern Canada to Bermuda and Brazil
Distribution Georges Bank and southern Canada to Bermuda and Brazil [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Fistularia tabacaria Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159440 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Fistularia neoeboracensis Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 437, Pl. 3 (fig. 8) [details]
basis of record McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
[request]original description (of Fistularia neoeboracensis Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 437, Pl. 3 (fig. 8) [details]
basis of record McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Smith-Vaniz, W. F.; Collette, B. B.; Luckhurst, B. E (1999). Fishes of Bermuda: History, zoogeography, annotated checklist, and identification keys
(American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists - Special Publication No.4)
. ASIH, 424 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on fishes, small crustaceans and invertebrates [details]Distribution Georges Bank and southern Canada to Bermuda and Brazil [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Found to depths of 200 m, over grass flats and reefs. [details]
Importance Social- Minor Commercial [details]
Predators Mutton snapper, black grouper [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | bluespotted cornetfishbluespotted cometfish | [details] |
| French | fistulaire tabac | [details] |
| Spanish | corneta azul | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (157 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Fistularia ocellata Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Flagellaria fistularis Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Fistularia neoboracensis Mitchill, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fistularia tabacaria)
To Fishbase (from synonym Aulastoma margravii Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Fistularia neoboracensis Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Aulostoma margravii Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Flagellaria fistularis Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Fistularia neoeboracensis Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Fistularia ocellata Duméril, 1861)
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (38754 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fistularia tabacaria USNM 405074 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fistularia tabacaria USNM 405236 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (157 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Fistularia ocellata Duméril, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Flagellaria fistularis Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Fistularia neoboracensis Mitchill, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fistularia tabacaria)
To Fishbase (from synonym Aulastoma margravii Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Fistularia neoboracensis Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Aulostoma margravii Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Flagellaria fistularis Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Fistularia neoeboracensis Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Fistularia ocellata Duméril, 1861)
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (38754 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fistularia tabacaria USNM 405074 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Fistularia tabacaria USNM 405236 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
