Trumpet
Aulostomus chinensis
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Aulostomidae
- Genus
- Aulostomus
Where to Find
Found in 56 diving areas across 34 countries and 8 regions.
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 1 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 4 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 24 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 4 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 9 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 8 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 25 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 42 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 3 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 6 records
- Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 3 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 3 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 9 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 83 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 4 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 83 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 65 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 60 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 3 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 5 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 16 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 11 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 7 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 4 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 6 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 5 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 10 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 11 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 14 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 4 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 55 records
- Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile - 26 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 178 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 14 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 2 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 13 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 5 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 6 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 3 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 3 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 5 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 8 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 7 records