Trumpeters are a family of perciform fishes, Latridae. They are found in southern waters off Australia

Australia

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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, and Chile

Chile

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, where they are fished commercially and for sport. They are closely related to Cheilodactylidae, and the majority of the species that traditionally are placed in the latter family may actually belong in Latridae.

Species

There are five species in three genera.

• Genus Latridopsis
  • Blue moki
    Blue moki
    The blue moki, Latridopsis ciliaris, is a trumpeter of the genus Latridopsis, found in New Zealand and occasionally off south-eastern Australia at depths from 0-231 meters...
    
    , Latridopsis ciliaris (Forster
    Johann Reinhold Forster
    Johann Reinhold Forster was a German Lutheran pastor and naturalist of partial Scottish descent who made contributions to the early ornithology of Europe and North America...
    
    , 1801).
  • Bastard trumpeter
    Bastard trumpeter
    The bastard trumpeter or copper moki, Latridopsis forsteri, is a trumpeter of the genus Latridopsis, found in the eastern Indian Ocean at depths of from 15 to 160 m...
    
    , Latridopsis forsteri (Castelnau, 1872).
• Genus Latris
  • Latris hecateia Richardson
    John Richardson (naturalist)
    Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
    
    , 1839.
  • Striped trumpeter
    Striped trumpeter
    The striped trumpeter, Latris forsteri, is a trumpeter of the family Latridae, found off southern Australia, and around New Zealand, at depths of from 50 to 300 m...
    
    , Latris lineata (Forster
    Johann Reinhold Forster
    Johann Reinhold Forster was a German Lutheran pastor and naturalist of partial Scottish descent who made contributions to the early ornithology of Europe and North America...
    
    , 1801).
• Genus Mendosoma
  • Telescope fish, Mendosoma lineatum
    Mendosoma lineatum
    The telescope fish, Mendosoma lineatum, is a trumpeter and the only member of the genus Mendosoma. It reaches up to in length, and is found widely in cold oceans of the Southern Hemisphere.-References:...
    
    (Forster
    Johann Reinhold Forster
    Johann Reinhold Forster was a German Lutheran pastor and naturalist of partial Scottish descent who made contributions to the early ornithology of Europe and North America...
    
    , 1801).