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], 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], Metaxakis & Kosoglou in Christidis et al. 2024:462 [ref. 41373], Tsaousi & Kalagirou 2024:4 [ref. 41510]). Current status: Valid as Fistularia petimba Lacepède 1803. Fistulariidae. Distribution: Circumglobal in tropical seas (including Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, South China Sea, Sea of Japan), but not in eastern Pacific. Habitat: marine.