Long, thin, whip-like body, often seen held perfectly straight when swimming slowly and undulating with a snake like motion when swimming quickly. Snout extremely long and narrow and has a long tail filament. Blue lines and spots on body, lacks row of bony plates on back in front of dorsal fin as in F. petimba (Rough Flutemouth) . Long filament extending from the middle of the tail, absent in Aulostomus chinensis (Trumpetfish).

• Max Size: 160 cm
• Sea Temperature Range: 17.5-31.3°C
• Depth: 0-132m
• Habitat: Coral Reef, Rocky Reef, Seagrass, Soft sediment
• Habitat Generalisation Index: 20.2
  Also referred to as the SGI (Species generalisation index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here

• Threats: Exploitation, Habitat degradation
• IUCN Threat Status: Not Evaluated
• Occurrence: Frequent (12% of sites)
  Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
• Abundance: Few (3 per transect)
  Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.