''Latridopsis forsteri'', the bastard trumpeter, copper moki, red bastard trumpeter, red, white and silver bastard trumpeter, silver bastard trumpeter, silver trumpeter or white bastard trumpeter, is a species of marine
ray finned fish belonging to the
family Latridae
Latridae commonly called trumpeters, is a family of marine ray-finned fish. They are found in temperate seas in the Southern Hemisphere. The classification of the species within the Latridae and the related Cheilodactylidae is unclear.They a ...
, the trumpeters. It is native to the eastern
Indian Ocean and southwestern
Pacific Ocean. This species is
commercially
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important.
Taxonomy
''Latridopsis forsteri'' was first formally
described in 1872 as ''Latris forsteri'' by the French
naturalist Francis de Laporte de Castelnau
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type locality
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given as the
Gipps Land coast in
Victoria.
The specific name honours the German naturalist
Johann Reinhold Forster who was the naturalist aboard
Captain Cook’s second voyage on HMS ''
Resolution''. Forster's manuscript description of ''
Latridopsis ciliaris
Blue moki (''Latridopsis ciliaris'') is a species of marine ray finned fish belonging to the family Latridae, the trumpeters. It is native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean around New Zealand and occasionally off southeastern Australia at depths ...
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&
Schneider
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in their 1801 work ''Systema Ichthyologiae''.
Description
Latridopsis forsteri has a rather elongated, compressed and moderately deep body with a shallow caudal peduncle. The
dorsal and
anal fin
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s are low, the continuous dorsal fin has a deep incision between the spiny and the soft rayed parts. The dorsal fin has 17 spines and 37-42 soft rays while the anal fin has 3 spines and 31-37 soft rays. The blunt
pectoral fin has 16-19 rays with the upper rays being longer than the lower. The
caudal fin is markedly forked.
This species attains a maximum
total length of .
[ The overall colour of this species is silver-grey marked with short, irregular brown or greenish-brown longituduinal lines on the upper flanks. The adults have a dark margin to the caudal fin.] The pectoral fin also has a black margin and the eye is yellowish-white.[
]
Distribution and habitat
''Latridopsis forsteri'' is native to the eastern Indian Ocean and southwestern Pacific Ocean around Australia from Victor Harbor, South Australia, to Port Stephens, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.[ In New Zealand it is found from ]Stewart Island
Stewart Island ( mi, Rakiura, ' glowing skies', officially Stewart Island / Rakiura) is New Zealand's third-largest island, located south of the South Island, across the Foveaux Strait. It is a roughly triangular island with a total land ar ...
in the south north to the Three Kings Islands and east to the Chatham Islands. This species inhabits coastal waters down as deep as approximately . It is typically found swimming above sandy bottoms in the vicinity of rocky reefs.[ The larger adults normally aggregate in small schools over deeper, less sheltered reefs. The juveniles are small thin and transparent , this stage is termed 'paper fish', are found in schools over rocky reefs in shallower waters.][
]
Biology
''Latridopsis forsteri'' is a predatory species which feeds on a variety of benthic
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invertebrates such as gastropods, bivalves
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
, crustaceans, polychaetes and brittle stars.[
]
Fisheries
''Latridopsis forsteri'' is a desirable target species for both commercial and recreational fisheries. It is caught using gill nets on commercial fisheries and is sometimes taken using rod and line. The flesh is highly regarded as food fish.[
]
In culture
''Latrodopsis forsteri'' is known as the “bastard trumpeter” in Australia, about which the Australian ichthyologist Gilbert Percy Whitley said "These endearing terms are given to distinguish them from the so-called Real Trumpeter (''Latris lineata
''Latris lineata'', the striped trumpeter, common trumpeter, copper moki, Hobart-town trumpeter, kokikohi, real trumpeter, Tasmanian striped trumpeter or Tasmanian trumpeter, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Latridae ...
''), another fine fish, which grows to 4 ft. and 60 lb., also to suggest that the two may hybridize and also because fishermen think the immature ones are sterile.”[
]
References
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forsteri
Fish described in 1872