Deep-Sea taxon details
Fistulariidae Stark, 1828
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Body extremely elongate and slightly depressed. Snout prolonged and tubular, without...
Distribution Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Body extremely elongate and slightly depressed. Snout prolonged and tubular, without barbles. Scaleless or with tiny prickles and rows of scutes. Dorsal or anal spines absent. Dorsal soft rays 13-20. Anal soft rays 13-20. Forked cadual fin. Caudal filament formed by 2 center rays. Anus close to pelvic fins. Well developed lateral line; anterior portion arched to almost mid-dorsal and extending onto caudal filament. Abdominal vertebrae with two lateral extensions, becoming reduced posteriorly. Vertebrae 76-87. Maximum length recorded 1.8 m. Feed on other fishes in open water and also in coral reefs to which their tubular snout is adapted. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Fistulariidae Stark, 1828. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154577 on 2024-04-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Fistulariidae Stark, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154577 on 2024-04-16
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Distribution Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Body extremely elongate and slightly depressed. Snout prolonged and tubular, without barbles. Scaleless or with tiny prickles and rows of scutes. Dorsal or anal spines absent. Dorsal soft rays 13-20. Anal soft rays 13-20. Forked cadual fin. Caudal filament formed by 2 center rays. Anus close to pelvic fins. Well developed lateral line; anterior portion arched to almost mid-dorsal and extending onto caudal filament. Abdominal vertebrae with two lateral extensions, becoming reduced posteriorly. Vertebrae 76-87. Maximum length recorded 1.8 m. Feed on other fishes in open water and also in coral reefs to which their tubular snout is adapted. [details]Habitat Tropical and subtropical [details]
