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Macroramphosidae
Bleeker, 1879
- snipefishes
(fish)
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Entity:
Centriscoidea (Superfamily)
..Centriscidae (Family) - snipefishes
..[Macroramphosidae] (Family) - snipefishes
Types
Type
:
Macroramphosus
(Genus)
Lacepède, 1803
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 315; 9 Feb 2024.
[inferred]
Variants
Current rank
:
Macroramphosinae
(Subfamily)
Bleeker, 1879
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (4 Feb 2025).
[inferred]
Former rank
:
Macroramphosinae
(Subfamily)
Bleeker, 1879
Ref:
E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010
: 154.
[indirect]
Former spelling
:
Macrorhamphosidae
(Family)
Ref:
E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010
: 154.
[indirect]
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
snipefishes
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 410.
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