Macroramphosus

Macroramphosus gracilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syngnathiformes

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: M. gracilis – M. scolopax

Name

Macroramphosus Lacépède, 1803

• Gender: Masculine
• Type species: Silurus cornutus Forsskål, 1775
  • Type by monotypy

Synonyms

• Centriscus Cuvier, 1816: 350; Type: Balistes scolopax Linnaeus, 1758. Type by monotypy (with synonyms mentioned in footnote).
• Macramphosus (misspelling)
• Macrognathus Gronow in Gray, 1854
• Macrorhamphosus (misspelling) Agassiz, 1845 (ITIS gives this authority as Lacépède, 1803)
• Macrorhamphus (misspelling)
• Orthichthys Gill, 1862

References

• Lacépède, B.G.E. 1803: Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 5: i-lxviii + 1-803 + index, Pls. 1-21. BHL

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Snipefishes

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