Striped trumpeter

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Striped trumpeter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Latridae
Genus: Latris
Species: L. forsteri
Binomial name
Latris forsteri
(Castelnau, 1872)

The striped trumpeter, Latris forsteri, is a trumpeter of the family Latridae, found off southern Australia, and around New Zealand, at depths of from 50 to 300 m. Its length is between 60 and 120 cm, and the maximum recorded weight is 25 kg.

The striped trumpeter is very similar in shape and features to the blue moki, but with a distinctly concave forehead. It is olive-green or yellow-green on the back with three wide longitudinal bands of yellow-brown that continue forward on to the head. The belly is silvery, tinged with yellow, and the fins are green-yellow. Each jaw bears many rows of small curved teeth and using these striped trumpeters feed actively on crabs, shrimp, octopus,and squid and other fishes.

They are caught commercially.

[edit] References

  • "Latris forsteri". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8