petimba, Fistularia Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1803:349, 350 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 5; ref. 4930] Straits of New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific; Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean; Antilles, western Atlantic. Syntypes: MNHN (lost). Figured on Pl. 18 (fig. 3) of Lacepède 1800 [ref. 2709], but with vernacular name. •Valid as Fistularia petimba Lacepède 1803 -- (Fritzsche 1976:197 [ref. 7102], Kyushin et al. 1977:44 [ref. 19756], Burgess et al. 1980:77 [ref. 41504], Dor 1984:73 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:84 [ref. 6441], Heemstra 1986:444 [ref. 5660], Robins & Ray 1986:121 [ref. 23100], Allen & Swainston 1988:44 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:405 [ref. 12442], Pequeño 1989:55 [ref. 14125], Winterbottom et al. 1989:19 [ref. 13251], Fritzsche 1990:654 [ref. 17532], Randall et al. 1990:69 [ref. 15987], Cervigón 1991:264 [ref. 24472], Boschung 1992:93 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:321 [ref. 23827], Baranes & Golani 1993:304 [ref. 22372], Kuiter 1993:80 [ref. 23929], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:218 [ref. 24016], Gomon et al. 1994:434 [ref. 22532], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:278 [ref. 24014], Goren & Dor 1994:18 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:97 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:70 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:134 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:33 [ref. 26476] dated 1805, Cheng & Zhou 1997:235 [ref. 26385], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:281 [ref. 24023], Kuiter 1997:66 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:499 [ref. 25919], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:1045 [ref. 23897], Fricke 1999:145 [ref. 24106], Aguilera 1998:48 [ref. 24221], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:241 [ref. 24754], Fritzsche & Thiesfeld 1999:2279 [ref. 24793], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:194 [ref. 25013], Mishra et al. 1999:85 [ref. 25315], Johnson 1999:726 [ref. 25471], Díaz de Astarloa et al. 2000:401 [ref. 24427], Nakabo 2000:516 [ref. 25086], Fritzche in Randall & Lim 2000:603 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:26 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:312 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:516 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:236, 556 [ref. 26218], Fritzsche 2003:1228 [ref. 27045], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S101 [ref. 27377], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:72 [ref. 27192], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:24 [ref. 27712], Schwartz et al. 2004:27 [ref. 27719], Adrim et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27715], Nelson et al. 2004:112 [ref. 27807], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:139 [ref. 28072], Shinohara et al. 2005:423 [ref. 28370], Mundy 2005:321 [ref. 28379], Trunov 2006:472 [ref. 28786], Paxton et al. 2006:849 [ref. 28994], Bañón & Sande 2008:106 [ref. 29514], Gomon 2008:448 [ref. 30616], Fricke et al. 2009:38 [ref. 30213], Kuiter 2009:314 [ref. 30404], Randall 2007:166 [ref. 30952], Bañon et al. 2010:14 [ref. 31029], Fricke et al. 2011:377 [ref. 31242], Page et al. 2013:115 [ref. 32708], Wirtz et al. 2013:121 [ref. 32972], Larson et al. 2013:78 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:72 [ref. 34464], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:415 [ref. 33460], Palacios-Salgado et al. 2014:236 [ref. 36362], Wirtz et al. 2014:5 [ref. 33516], Psomadakis et al. 2015:182 [ref. 34104], Stewart 2015:1067 [ref. 34254], Pinheiro et al. 2015:11 [ref. 34324], Fritzsche 2016:2244 [ref. 34608], Nión et al. 2016:44 [ref. 35565] dated 1903, Motomura et al. 2017:61 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:316 [ref. 36183], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[20] 258 [ref. 36492], Fricke et al. 2018:127 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:47 [ref. 36273], Satapoomin & Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:73 [ref. 36460], Carneiro et al. 2019:174 [ref. 37250], Eagderi et al. 2019:132 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:98 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:154 [ref. 36626], Iglésias et al. 2020:292 [ref. 37987] as cf. petimba, Karan et al. 2019:126 [ref. 37039], Koeda in Koeda & Ho 2019:492 [ref. 42208], Michailidis & Manitaras 2019:648 [ref. 37193], Reiner 2019:151 [ref. 38139], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 13 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:87 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:356 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:35 [ref. 37637], Bañón & Maño 2021:65 [ref. 38883], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:420 [ref. 38945], Golani 2021:34 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:37 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:218 [ref. 39448], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:109 [ref. 41223], Heemstra 2022:497 [ref. 39724], Mochizuki et al. 2022:21 [ref. 39612], Bakiu & Durmishaj in Langeneck et al. 2023:620 [ref. 40699], Carvalho-Filho 2023:100 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:6 [ref. 40463], Page et al. 2023:117 [ref. 40505], Vilasri et al. 2023:75 [ref. 40764], Fricke et al. 2024:290 [ref. 41622], Metaxakis & Kosoglou in Christidis et al. 2024:462 [ref. 41373], Tsaousi & Kalagirou 2024:4 [ref. 41510], Estape et al. 2025:61 [ref. 42467], Golani 2025:151 [ref. 42002], Hatanaka et al. 2025:11 [ref. 42902], Kai & Gosho 2025:29 [ref. 42505], Myers et al. 2025:42 [ref. 42065], Tsaousi & Kalogirou 2025:4 [ref. 42204], Eagderi et al. 2026:47 [ref. 42824], Ascione et al. 2026:[27] [ref. 42884], Golani & Fricke 2026:83 [ref. 42831]). Current status: Valid as Fistularia petimba Lacepède 1803. Fistulariidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, South China Sea, Sea of Japan), but not in eastern Pacific. IUCN (2017): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.