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> Cornetfishes > Fistularia commersonii
Updated 6/10/2022
Family Fistulariidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
TROPICAL EASTERN
PACIFIC
Fistularia commersonii
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 35 feet
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Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 30 feet |
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 35 feet
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Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, 30 feet |
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Juvenile, Night, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 4 feet
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Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 20 feet |
Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 20 feet
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Kapoho tidepool, Hawaii |
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Juveniles, Sharks Cove, Oahu, 20 feet
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Sharks Cove, Oahu, 25 feet |
Blue Corner, Palau
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Juveniles, Kaiona, Oahu, 3 feet
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SMOOTH CORNETFISH
nunu peke Ao-yagara
Common on sandy reefs in
shallow water where it preys upon small fish at night. Small
groups may be seen resting just above the bottom. Color changes at
will from silver to green-banded with blue lines. Scale-less body horizontally
compressed, large oval eyes, and forked tail with a long central filament.
Attains 63 inches. Red Sea to Hawaii and Panama. The Red Cornetfish Fistularia
petimba occurs in very deep water. Replaced by Fistularia
tabacaria in the Tropical Atlantic.
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