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title: "Western Atlantic Trumpetfish"
description: "Aulostomus maculatus — Fish. Aulostomus maculatus, the West Atlantic trumpetfish, is a long-bodied fish with an upturned mouth."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/western-atlantic-trumpetfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Western Atlantic Trumpetfish

> Aulostomus maculatus — Fish. Aulostomus maculatus, the West Atlantic trumpetfish, is a long-bodied fish with an upturned mouth.

- Scientific name: *Aulostomus maculatus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 3806
- Wikidata: [Q1966255](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1966255)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47238](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47238)

## Names

- en: Western Atlantic Trumpetfish
- de: Westatlantischer Trompetenfisch
- es: Pez trompeta
- fr: Poisson-trompette des Caraïbes
- nl: Trompetvis
- pt: Peixe-trombeta

## Countries with the most observations

MX (421), CW (211), HN (201), US (199), MQ (196), VI (157), GP (133), BZ (128), BS (121), KY (100), JM (86), LC (82)

## Summary

Aulostomus maculatus, the West Atlantic trumpetfish, is a long-bodied fish with an upturned mouth. It often swims vertically while trying to blend with vertical coral, such as sea rods, sea pens, and pipe sponges.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulostomus_maculatus

## Photo

![Western Atlantic Trumpetfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-atlantic-trumpetfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chris Spain · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241551076

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/western-atlantic-trumpetfish?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).