Flutefish - Fistulariidae
FLUTEFISH - FISTULARIIDAE
This long and slender fish has a tube-shaped beak with a small mouth which they use to suck in invertebrates. There are about four different species, from which only one is common on shallow reefs, grass fields and the surrounding sandy areas. Flutefish live both solitary or in small groups and swim just underneath the water surface. Sometimes driftwood is used as camouflage to enable them come closer to their prey. Like trumpetfish, they are also able to change color very quick so they blend into their environment. Length: 1,6 m.
Distribution: from the Red Sea to Panama, S- Japan and Lord Howe.
A long and thin shaped fish with elongated snout and whip-like tail filament.
Silver-blue to brown colour, can change it’s colour very quick. Hovers above the
bottom in a wide variety of habitats. Feeds by sucking in small fish and crustaceans. From the reef top down to -128 m.