
Fistularia petimba
Rough Flutemouth
As recorded: Fistularia villosa Klunzinger, 1871
Animalia › Chordata › Syngnathiformes › Fistulariidae
- Collected by
- J.E. Randall
- Date
- October 9, 1975
- Locality
- Sudan; S of Port Sudan; outer fringing reef
- Island
- Sudan
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 9, 1975, J.E. Randall also collected 14 other specimens.
Fistularia petimba observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1975. 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 20749. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36860444. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/20749.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36860444 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
