
Fistularia petimba
Rough Flutemouth
As recorded: Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803
Animalia › Chordata › Syngnathiformes › Fistulariidae
- Collected by
- Crew of F/V "Valiant Maid"Crew of F →V. Valiant Maid →
- Date
- August 27, 1973
- Locality
- Oahu; NW side; off Haleiwa
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Depth
- 100 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 27, 1973, Crew of F/V "Valiant Maid" also collected 5 other specimens.
Fistularia petimba observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1973. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 30 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-07-13.

2026-07-13
Gulf of America
(c) mintberrycrunch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-26
Angola
(c) Candice De Jongh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-28
Australia
(c) peterdalmazzo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-09
河西, 三亚市, 海南省, CN
(c) misakinokukuru, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-07-19
Nishiuraenashi, Numazu, Shizuoka 410-0244, Japan
(c) Vladimir Dinets, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

2024-12-19
VR4M+38Q, Bunder, Mangaluru, Karnataka 575001, India
(c) Avanthika Kamath, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Fistularia petimba. BPBM 15503. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36861876. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/15503.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36861876 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
