Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Artwork by Frank Olsen.
A voracious predator with a long slender compressed body, a tubular snout and a series of short dorsal-fin spines along the back. The colour pattern is highly variable and trumpetfish can rapidly change colour.
These cunning ambush predators rely on stealth and camouflage to sneak up on unsuspecting prey. They often hunt smaller fishes by ‘hitching a ride’ alongside other larger fishes – or even hawksbill sea turtles – or camouflage themselves by drifting head down among large corals.
This species is found in tropical and subtropical waters from the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, but not in the Red Sea. It lives in clear and calm waters in rocky and coral reefs from the surface to 120 m deep.
Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 6215