# Macroramphosus

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Macroramphosus gracilis NOAA.jpg
| image_caption ='' [Macroramphosus gracilis](/source/Macroramphosus_gracilis)''
| taxon = Macroramphosus
| display_parents = 4
| authority = [Lacepède](/source/Bernard_Germain_de_Lac%C3%A9p%C3%A8de), 1803
| type_species = ''[Silurus cornutus](/source/Macroramphosus_scolopax)''
| type_species_authority = [Forsskål](/source/Peter_Forssk%C3%A5l), 1775
| subdivision_ranks = [Species](/source/Species)
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Macroramphosus''''', '''snipefishes''' or '''bellowfishes''', is a genus of [fish](/source/fish)es found in tropical and subtropical oceans at depths down to {{convert|600|m|ft}}. They have long second spines on their [dorsal fin](/source/dorsal_fin)s and tiny mouths at the tip of their greatly elongated snouts. The bodies of snipefish are more streamlined than in the related [bellowfish](/source/bellowfish)es. They reach a maximum length of about {{convert|20|cm|in|abbr=on}}, and are silvery or reddish in colour. They are sometimes found in large [schools](/source/School_(fish)). This is the only genus on the [monogeneric](/source/monogeneric) family Macroranphosidae<ref name="Nelson5">{{cite web |author1=Nelson, JS |author2=Grande, TC |author3=Wilson, MVH |name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |title=Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition |url=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 |accessdate=10 June 2018 |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120135002/https://81a86d48-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/fotw5th/home/FotW5Classification.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crIfB6q0amFyPzpVw0HNKYpziyjiVSv52zf5VgSIrevDuVCDf0Ot9atbJNEMBm8Ufsi0yeE3VQhEvhNf1FSa2N967AptcN3CZJ907ptO-uYBVkWdPPRwo2mSe6I9gw1z8evk-bCqUF0pT_FcIAXBJI2aDSmzPCbmlu1aUOlm5dqf-2bG00OGc5PMxC7sZql1Bfz-_3pUYASCWoAkJ48dYFaVVrYDBYgi8NliIZfsthrsX-NmVQ=&attredirects=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but some authorities include the genera ''[Centriscops](/source/Centriscops)'' and ''[Notopogon](/source/Notopogon)'' in this family too.<ref name = FoA>{{cite web | title = Bellowfishes, MACRORAMPHOSIDAE |work = Fishes of Australia | publisher = Museums Victoria | accessdate = 12 June 2018 | url = http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/family/125}}</ref>

According to [FishBase](/source/FishBase), they are part of the family [Centriscidae](/source/Centriscidae), but Nelson (2016) split that family, in which case the genus ''Macroramphosus'' is in the family Macroramphosidae.<ref name="Nelson5" />  However, ''[Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes](/source/Eschmeyer's_Catalog_of_Fishes)'' has returned to classifying the macroramphosids within the Centriscidae.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Fricke |first=R. |last2=Eschmeyer |first2=W. N. |last3=Van der Laan |first3=R. |date=2025 |title=ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION |url=https://www.calacademy.org/eschmeyers-catalog-of-fishes-classification |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=California Academy of Sciences |language=en}}</ref>

==Species==
Currently, three recognized species are placed in this genus:<ref name="CofFF2">{{Cof genus|genus=Macroramphosus|access-date=22 July 2025}}</ref>
* ''[Macroramphosus gracilis](/source/Macroramphosus_gracilis)'' <small>([R. T. Lowe](/source/Richard_Thomas_Lowe), 1839)</small> (slender snipefish)
* ''[Macroramphosus sagifue](/source/Macroramphosus_sagifue)'' <small>[Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & Starks</small><small>, 1902</small>
* ''[Macroramphosus scolopax](/source/Macroramphosus_scolopax)'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), 1758)</small> (longspine snipefish)

==References==
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Category:Centriscidae
Category:Marine fish genera
Category:Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède

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