The trumpet fish gets its name from the trumpet shape at the end of the long nose. This fish can swim forward and backward, it plunges its long snout in the cracks to suck out little fish and shrimp to eat. In the bottom picture it is feeding. This is one variation in color you can find in the trumpetfish, some are bright yellow, others dark brown. Olowalu.
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