---
title: "Pacific Trumpetfish"
description: "Aulostomus chinensis — Peixes. The Chinese trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis), is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Aulostomidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/pacific-trumpetfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pacific Trumpetfish

> Aulostomus chinensis — Peixes. The Chinese trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis), is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Aulostomidae.

- Scientific name: *Aulostomus chinensis*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 5526
- Wikidata: [Q1861277](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1861277)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47239](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47239)

## Names

- en: Pacific Trumpetfish
- de: Pazifischer Trompetenfisch
- es: Pez trompeta
- fr: Poisson-trompette Indo-Pacifique

## Countries with the most observations

US (1248), ID (1049), AU (374), PH (304), FJ (153), MX (137), PF (137), EC (113), NC (108), TW (89), MY (88), TZ (86)

## Summary

The Chinese trumpetfish (Aulostomus chinensis), is a demersal marine fish belonging to the family Aulostomidae.

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

## Photo

![Pacific Trumpetfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pacific-trumpetfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142433293

## Machine access

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