Fistularia tabacaria Linnaeus 1758

Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Santos, Bruna S., Semedo, Thiago B. F., Garcia, Lucas Canes & Moreira, Cristiano Rangel, 2023, The fish collection of José Mariano da Conceição Veloso (1742 - 1811) and the beginning of ichthyological research in Brazil, with a taxonomic description of the extant specimens, Zootaxa 5391 (1), pp. 1-85 : 46-47

Fistularia tabacaria Linnaeus 1758

Extant specimens: ACL-HN-0059 ( Fig. 32a ) and ACL-HN-0058 ( Fig. 32b ).

Classification on the specimen: “P. Abd. Fistularia tabaccaria [sic]”

Common names on the specimen (Portuguese/Tupi): “Trombêta”/ “Petumbuaba”.

Comments: The upper and lower portions of the herbarium sheet of ACL-HN-0059 are missing, resulting in the lack of information on the original classification and common names associated with this specimen. Furthermore, the entire head is missing. Despite these limitations, given the distinctiveness of this species, we hypothesize that it corresponds to the same species as ACL-HN-0058. There are seven herborized specimens of Fistularia mentioned in the Ajuda’s inventory ( Ferreira 1794), and one specimen of F. tabacaria is listed in the transference documentation to Lisbon Academy of Sciences. Two additional specimens are listed in the transference documentation to the University of Coimbra, but they are missing. This species is described in the Ichthyologia Fluminensis and includes the same common names. Antunes & Balbino (2003) also identified the specimens as F. tabacaria . Fistularia tabacaria occurs in the western Atlantic from Nova Scotia ( Canada) to São Paulo ( Brazil) ( Figueiredo & Menezes 1980; Fritzsche 2016) and the eastern Atlantic from Cape Verde and Mauritania to Angola ( Fritzsche 2016).

Order Scombriformes

Figures

FIGURE 32. Fistularia tabacaria Linnaeus 1758; a: ACL-HN-0059, 570 mm SL; b: ACL-HN-0058, 440 mm SL. Photos by Luis M. P. Ceríaco.