| Red cornetfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Fistulariidae |
| Genus: | Fistularia |
| Species: | F. petimba |
| Binomial name | |
| Fistularia petimba Lacépède, 1803 |
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The red cornetfish, Fistularia petimba, is a cornetfish of the family Fistulariidae, found in tropical oceans worldwide, at depths of between 10 and 200 m. In Japan they are called Akayagara (Jap. 赤矢柄; アカヤガラ "red arrow shaft"), and sometimes Teppō (鉄砲 or 鉄炮; てっぽう) (rifle) fish. They are up to 2 m in length.