Latridae

Taxobox
name = Trumpeters


image_caption = Telescope fish
"Mendosoma lineatum"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Latridae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Latridopsis" "Latris" "Mendosoma" See text for species.

Trumpeters are a family of perciform fishes, Latridae. They are found in southern waters off Australia, New Zealand, and Chile, where they are fished commercially and for sport.

pecies

There are five species in three genera.
* Genus "Latridopsis"
** Blue moki, "Latridopsis ciliaris" (Forster, 1801).
** Bastard trumpeter, "Latridopsis forsteri" (Castelnau, 1872).
* Genus "Latris"
** "Latris hecateia" Richardson, 1839.
** Striped trumpeter, "Latris lineata" (Forster, 1801).
* Genus "Mendosoma"
** Telescope fish, "Mendosoma lineatum" (Forster, 1801).

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