Red cornetfish
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The red cornetfish, Fistularia petimba, is a cornetfish
of the family
Fistulariidae, found in tropical oceans worldwide, at depths of between 10 and 200 m.
In Japan they are called Akayagara (Jap. 赤矢柄; アカヤガラ "red arrow shaft"), and sometimes Teppō (鉄砲 or 鉄炮; てっぽう) (rifle) fish.
They are up to 2 m in length.
Cornetfish
The cornetfishes are a small family Fistulariidae of extremely elongated fishes in the order Syngnathiformes. The family consists of just a single genus Fistularia with four species, found worldwide in tropical and subtropical marine environments.Ranging up to in length, cornetfishes are as thin...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Fistulariidae, found in tropical oceans worldwide, at depths of between 10 and 200 m.
In Japan they are called Akayagara (Jap. 赤矢柄; アカヤガラ "red arrow shaft"), and sometimes Teppō (鉄砲 or 鉄炮; てっぽう) (rifle) fish.
They are up to 2 m in length.