Macroramphosus

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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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