Longspine snipefish 5234120 194887708 2008-02-29T13:29:18Z Eubot 231599 Removed taxobox colour. See [[User:Eubot/Removing colours from taxoboxen]]. {{Taxobox | name = Longspine snipefish | image = Macroramphosus scolopax (Longspine snipefish).gif | image_caption = Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Actinopterygii]] | ordo = [[Syngnathiformes]] | familia = [[Centriscidae]] | subfamilia = [[Macroramphosinae]] | genus = ''[[Macroramphosus]]'' | species = '''''M. scolopax''''' | binomial = ''Macroramphosus scolopax'' | binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758) }} The '''longspine snipefish''', '''bellowfish''', '''common bellowsfish''', '''snipe-fish''', '''snipefish''', '''spine trumpet fish''', or '''trumpetfish''', ''Macroramphosus scolopax'', is a [[snipefish]] of the genus ''[[Macroramphosus]]'', found in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], [[Indian Ocean|Indian]], and west [[Pacific Ocean]]s, at depths of between 25 and 600 metres. Its length is up to 20 [[centimetre|cm]]. The longspine snipefish is a moderately elongate species with a tubular snout equal to about a quarter of the total body length. Towards the [[caudal fin]] the second spine of the [[dorsal fin]] is almost as long as the snout, and when folded flat overlooks the hind edge of the caudal fin. The rear edge of this spine is distinctly [[serrate]]d. Due to the rigid body longspine snipefishes swim by undulating the soft dorsal and [[anal fin]]s. The colour is pink-red above, paler below. They feed on bottom-living [[invertebrate]]s, but may also pick individual animals from the [[plankton]]. ==References== * {{FishBase species | genus = Macroramphosus |species = scolopax | month = May | year = 2006}} * 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 [[Category: Centriscidae]] [[de:Gewöhnlicher Schnepfenfisch]] [[nl:Snipvis]]