Biology:Macroramphosinae
Macroramphosinae, the snipefishes and bellowsfishes is a subfamily of oviparous, marine fish which form part of the superfamily Centriscoidea, which is one of the three superfamilies in the suborder Syngnathoidei of the order Syngnathiformes, which includes the seahorses, pipefishes, trumpetfishes and dragonets.
It has been considered to be a subfamily of the Centriscidae[1] but Nelson (2016) classified it as a family.[2] However, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (2025) has returned to treating it as a subfamily.[3]
Genera
There are currently eight recognized extant species in three genera which are placed in the Macroramphosidae:[4]
- Centriscops Gill, 1862
- Macroramphosus Lacepède, 1803
- Notopogon Regan, 1914
Fossil record
The earliest known syngnathiform is a species of Macroramphosidae, Gasteroramphosus zuppichini from the late Cretaceous, which is similar in form to Marcroramphosus but which has some characters which are suggestive of a relation to Gasterosteoidei.[4]
References
- ↑ "Macroramphosinae Bleeker, 1879". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2017. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154403.
- ↑ "Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition". 2016. https://81a86d48-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/fotw5th/home/FotW5Classification.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crnPmFXqnJpmRlpzLSdqx8GmsCmFXNBj8fAYuPuhFBvCfHo4TahH7eM_yruTzHI27nZRRWWJPRR7U9HopPBRlQK8iW_73EG6FVke6aUjl20fgZXiChDnl-xqMl4L2I-wHwV7D4qcPAQI1vSV6YfFYAm5qb7t5w0rJ_ierkZ91ezIvpQ_5f0kSbFiUx-YYGXP1US1GbwSf-G7sRx4XEikm73VqVA0idVnlkaFjzI53bkuIQY0OQ%3D&attredirects=0. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ↑ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION" (in en). https://www.calacademy.org/eschmeyers-catalog-of-fishes-classification.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nelson, JS; Grande, TC; Wilson, MVH (2016). Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition. John Wiley & Sons. p. 410. ISBN 978-1119220817. https://books.google.com/books?id=kLDDCwAAQBAJ&q=Macroramphosus+Nelson&pg=PA410.
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