Aulostomidae

Atlantic cornetfish

Aulostomus strigosus

A slim shadow trailing other hunters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Large
• Tropical fish

The Atlantic trumpetfish (Aulostomus strigosus), also referred to as Atlantic coronetfish, is a species of trumpetfish in the family Aulostomidae. It is a tropical marine fish found in shallow coastal waters in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Mauritania to Namibia. Like other trumpetfish, they eat mainly small fish and often shadow other piscivores while hunting.