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The Chinese trumpetfish, ''Aulostomus chinensis'', is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Aulostomidae. ==Description== ''Aulostomus chinensis'' is a medium-sized fish which grows up to 80 cm in length.〔Lieske & Myers,''Coral reef fishes'',Princeton University Press, 2009, ISBN 9780691089959〕 Its body is elongated and compressed laterally, with a long, tubular snout which has a small barbel at its inferior extremity. The protusible mouth can be extended forward to catch prey. On the top posterior part of the body, the dorsal fin is composed of two parts, the first anterior is a set of isolated spines and the second is a small ray fin. This latter fin is similar in shape to the anal fin which is just under. The pelvic fins are located in the middle of the body and are small, with one basal black spot. The body coloration can be uniform or mottled in a range of grey, brown, or dark green. Some fish are uniformly bright yellow. The rear part of the body is normally black with white dots. Two black spots are present on the tail.〔(Encyclopaedia of Life )〕 The compound set of the long caudal peduncle and the caudal fin is yellowish, whatever the fish coloration. Caudal fin usually has two round black spots, at least one black spot occurs on the top and sometimes a second spot on the low part.〔(DORIS )〕 File: Yellow Trumpet Fish.jpg| A yellow Chinese trumpetfish File: Aulostomidae - Aulostomus chinensis.JPG|''A. chinensis'' showing the black rear part of the body 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chinese trumpetfish」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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