Longspine snipefish
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{{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]]
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