#2293 · 🐟 fish
Pacific Trumpetfish
🇳🇱 Gele Trompetvis ·Aulostomus chinensis
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what is it?
The Chinese trumpetfish , Aulostomus chinensis , is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Aulostomidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,670 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Pacific Trumpetfish
- Nederlands
- Gele Trompetvis
- scientific name
- Aulostomus chinensis
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Syngnathiformes
- family
- Aulostomidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,670
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Aulostomidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 47239, Wikidata Q1861277, GBIF 2332603, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.