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The Trumpit Fish from S. America

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

February 22, 1806

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 12

Notes:

The trumpetfishes are three species of highly specialized, tubular-elongated marine fishes in the genus Aulostomus. The Aulostomus maculatus, or West Atlantic trumpetfish, is pictured here.

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved