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Macroramphosus gracilis

Macroramphosus gracilis (*)

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Syngnathiformes

Familia: Centriscidae
Subfamilia: Macroramphosinae
Genus: Macroramphosus
Species: Macroramphosus gracilis
Name

Macroramphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839)

Type locality: Madeira, eastern Atlantic

Holotype probably lost
Synonyms

Centriscus brevispinis Kner & Steindachner, 1867
Centriscus gracilis Lowe, 1839
Centriscus japonicus Günther, 1861
Centriscus valitaris Gmelin, 1789
Centriscus velitaris Cabrera, Pérez & Haenseler in Machado, 1857
Macrorhamphosus gracilis (misspelling) (Lowe, 1839)
Macrorhamphosus hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1839
Macrorhamphosus molleri Whitley, 1930

References

Lowe, R.T. 1839: A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1839(pt 7): 76–92. BHL
Mohr, E. 1937: Revision der Centriscidae (Acanthopterygii Centrisciformes). Dana Report (13): 1–70, Pls. 1-2.

Links

Macroramphosus gracilis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Macroramphosus gracilis in the World Register of Marine Species
Macroramphosus gracilis in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Macroramphosus gracilis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Schlanker Schnepfenfisch
English: Slender snipefish
español: Trompetero flaco, tirador alargado
polski: Bekaśnik drobny

The slender snipefish or snipefish (Macroramphosus gracilis) is a snipefish of the genus Macroramphosus. It is found in tropical oceans around the world at depths of 50 to 500 m (160 to 1,640 ft). Its length is up to 15 cm (5.9 in).
References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Macroramphosus gracilis". FishBase. May 2006 version.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8The slender snipefish or snipefish (Macroramphosus gracilis) is a snipefish of the genus Macroramphosus. It is found in tropical oceans around the world at depths of 50 to 500 m (160 to 1,640 ft). Its length is up to 15 cm (5.9 in).
References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Macroramphosus gracilis". FishBase. May 2006 version.
Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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