> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: Animals
**Phylum**:: Chordata
**Subphylum**:: [Vertebrata](Vertebrata.md)
**Superclass**:: Osteichthyes
**Class**:: Actinopterygii
**Subclass**:: Neopterygii
**Superorder**:: Acanthopterygii
**Order**:: Sygnatiformes
**Suborder**::
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Sygnathoidei
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Aulostomus
**Species**:: A. maculatus
**Vernacular**:: Trumpetfish
## Photos
*[116 - 2023-03-01 - Sources chaudes - Saint Pierre - Martinique](116%20-%202023-03-01%20-%20Sources%20chaudes%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md)* - One one side
*[109 - 2023-02-26 - Coucoune - Saint Pierre - Martinique](109%20-%202023-02-26%20-%20Coucoune%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - On the other side.*
## Notes
The key identification is the tail fin, shaped like an arrow, and the head, effiliated with barb.
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Aulostomus-maculatus-Poisson-trompette-des-Caraibes-1515/(rOffset)/0