Fish of the Macroramphosus (snipefishes) genus of the Macroramphosinae subfamily of the Centriscidae family of the Syngnathiformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Longspine snipefish. Photo by © AcquarioVillage. flickr.com/photos/acquariovillage)
Longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits the depth of 25-600 meters, usually 50-350 meters. It is a schooling fish, which prefers to swim near the sandy bottom. The maximum recorded length is 20 cm, specimens up to 12 cm long are more common. It feeds on benthic invertebrates.
(Longspine snipefish. Photo by © Klaus Rudloff. biolib.cz)
It is a permanent rare inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax) in other languages are as follows:
Peshku trompetë (Albanian), Морски бекас (Morski bekas) (Bulgarian), Μπεκατσόψαρο (Bekatsopsaro) (Greek), Trompetero (Spanish), Pesce trombetta (Italian), Schnepfenfisch (German), Bekaśnik (Polish), Apara-lápis (Portuguese), Peste trompeta (Romanian), Обыкновенный морской бекас (Obyknovennyi morskoj bekas) (Russian), Šljuka (Serbian, Croatian), Kljunačka (Slovenian), Trompet balığı (Turkish), Bécasse de mer (French).