DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ZOOGEOGRAPHY

ECOLOGY

BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

VALUE OF FISH RESOURCES

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

DANGEROUS MARINE FISHES

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SPECIES INDEX

CHAMORRO NAMES

FISTULARIIDAE (CORNETFISHES)

Fistularia commersonii Rüppell
(Cornetfish, Flutemouth; Corneta, Badyak)
SL: to 107 cm (photo: 60 cm SL, Oahu, Hawaii, 9 m)

Cornetfishes differ from trumpetfishes by their somewhat vertically flattened, rather than laterally compressed, bodies and by the presence of a long, whiplike tail filament.  Cornetfishes occur in a variety of calm water habitats from shallow inner reef flats and lagoons to depths of 128 m or more on the outer reef slope.  They occur singly or in small schools of similar-sized individuals, and they seem to prefer relatively open, sandy areas of the reef. They feed on small fishes and occasionally invertebrates.

INDO-PAN-PACIFIC: Red Sea to Panama, n. to s. Japan and Hawaii, s. to Easter Is. and Lord Howe.