Aulostomus maculatus Trumpetfish, Atlantic Trumpetfish

Aulostomus maculatus is commonly referred to as Trumpetfish, Atlantic Trumpetfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. A aquarium size of at least 20000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

2294 

AphiaID:

278080 

Scientific:

Aulostomus maculatus 

German:

Westatlantischer Trompetenfisch 

English:

Trumpetfish, Atlantic Trumpetfish 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Aulostomidae (Family) > Aulostomus (Genus) > maculatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Valenciennes, 1841 

Occurrence:

Suriname, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, French Guiana, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (East Pacific), Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

2 - 25 Meter 

Habitats:

Reef-associated, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

23.62" - 39.37" (60cm - 100cm) 

Temperature:

25,5 °F - 28,4 °F (25,5°C - 28,4°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Fish eggs, Fish larvae, Predatory 

Tank:

4399.57 gal (~ 20000L)  

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Aulostomus chinensis
  Pazifischer Trompetenfisch
• 
  Aulostomus maculatus
  Westatlantischer Trompetenfisch
• 
  Aulostomus strigosus
  Ostatlantischer Trompetenfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-07-01 19:09:06 

Last edit:

2025-07-24 12:43:05 

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