WoRMS taxon details
Aulostomidae Rafinesque, 1815
Genus Aulostomus Lacepède, 1803
Genus Aulastoma accepted as Aulostomus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Aulostoma accepted as Aulostomus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Polypterichthys Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Aulostomus Lacepède, 1803
Genus Aulastoma accepted as Aulostomus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Aulostoma accepted as Aulostomus Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Polypterichthys Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Aulostomus Lacepède, 1803
marine
Not documented
Distribution Distribution: tropical Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. Compressed and elongate body; scaly. Lower jaw with fleshy barbel at the...
Distribution Distribution: tropical Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. Compressed and elongate body; scaly. Lower jaw with fleshy barbel at the tip. A series of 8-12 isolated dorsal spines preceeding a soft dorsal fin having 23-28 rays. Anal fin with 25-28 fin rays. Anus and pelvics far apart. Rounded caudal fin. Well developed lateral line. Abdominal vertebrae with 2 equal lateral extensions. Body musculature supported by bony struts that appear interwoven. Total vertebrae 59-64: abdominal 24-26 and caudal 35-38. Predaceous. Usually occuring on reefs alongside larger fish or in a head-down vertical orientation. Recorded maximum length 80 cm. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2022). FishBase. Aulostomidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154576 on 2022-06-27
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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 
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basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Distribution Distribution: tropical Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. Compressed and elongate body; scaly. Lower jaw with fleshy barbel at the tip. A series of 8-12 isolated dorsal spines preceeding a soft dorsal fin having 23-28 rays. Anal fin with 25-28 fin rays. Anus and pelvics far apart. Rounded caudal fin. Well developed lateral line. Abdominal vertebrae with 2 equal lateral extensions. Body musculature supported by bony struts that appear interwoven. Total vertebrae 59-64: abdominal 24-26 and caudal 35-38. Predaceous. Usually occuring on reefs alongside larger fish or in a head-down vertical orientation. Recorded maximum length 80 cm. [details]
