Macroramphosus scolopax (Longspine snipefish)

Notopogon fernandezianus (Orange bellowfish)

Notopogon lilliei (Crested bellowfish)

Notopogon macrosolen (Longsnout bellowfish)

Notopogon xenosoma (Longspine bellowfish)

They are found in deeper parts of the temperate southern oceans, although the longspine bellowfish has been recorded as far north as New Caledonia and Madagascar.

The Chinese trumpetfish has a diurn activity, it's solitary.

Bodies of trumpetfish are elongated and rigid, and pike shaped.

Like other trumpetfish, they eat mainly small fish and often shadow other piscivores while hunting.

It is preyed upon by the trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus.

Trumpetfish remained with SubRon 4, operating out of Charleston through 1972.

Trumpetfish are closely related to cornetfish.

Here, you'll find angelfish, trumpetfish, jewelbox damselfish, snappers and parrotfish.

Above: An Atlantic Trumpetfish browses on the reef.

As a result, algae loving species of fish such as unicornfish, wrasse and trumpetfish are found in the waters around.

No drinking until after the snorkelling where we followed our guide into the warm water and spotted trumpetfish, puffer fish and star fish.

The wreck is home to a family of trumpetfish and octopus, with the top of the wreck surrounded by sardines.

After calling at Brest, France, Trumpetfish suddenly received word of a crisis in the Levant.

After returning to Key West on 25 October, Trumpetfish operated out of that base conducting training and exercises into 1959.

Subsequently assigned the primary mission of providing services for antisubmarine warfare forces, Trumpetfish stood ready to conduct mining and reconnaissance missions as well.

Aulostomus chinensis (Chinese trumpetfish)

Trompeta china is also the Spanish name for the Chinese trumpetfish (also known as Painted flute mouth)

Similar to most members of the order Syngnathiformes, the bodies of trumpetfish are inflexible, supported by interwoven struts of bone.

Aulostomus chinensis, also known as the Chinese trumpetfish, is a demersal Marine fish belonging to the family Aulostomidae.

The fish close to the shore, visible while snorkeling, include: parrotfish, squirrelfish, trunkfish, trumpetfish, goatfish, grunt, and tang.

Divers find spectacular, pristine coral gardens, walls and sponges teeming with parrotfish, trumpetfish, reef squid and angelfish.

The spawning habits of the trumpetfish are unknown, but in the region around Madeira, it is known that the females have mature eggs from March to June.

Departing Norfolk on 1 October 1956, Trumpetfish sailed for European waters and participated in training exercises as she crossed the Atlantic.

In August 1959, as part of Atlantic Fleet dispersal plans, Trumpetfish's home port was changed to Charleston, South Carolina.

Trumpetfish made her best speed for Suda Bay and joined the Sixth Fleet in peace-keeping missions in the eastern Mediterranean.

Trumpetfish can be a bit more than 36 inches (3 ft) long and have greatly elongated bodies with small jaws at the front end of a long, tubular snout.

Macroramphosus scolopax (Longspine snipefish)