Trumpetfish and cornetfish

There is a single genus of trumpetfish with two species, one Atlantic and one Indo-Pacific. Trumpetfish feed primarily on small fish.

Chinese trumpetfish, Autostomus chinensis

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Cornetfish (flutemouths) are a single genus with four species, one of which is found on shallow Indo-Pacific reefs.

Smooth flutemouth, Fistularia commersoni

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