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Macroramphosus scolopax

(B?casse de Mer)

Overview

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Family : Snipefishes and shrimpfishes ; Found between the seabed and midwater on the lower continental shelf, over sand . Juveniles found in oceanic surface waters[1]; adults normally live close to the bottom (normally in 50-350 m depth[2]). Gregarious . Juveniles feed mainly on pelagic invertebrates , mainly copepods , while adults feed on bottom invertebrates[3].

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Afrikaans:

Slank snipvis

Common Names in Catalan:

Trompeter

Common Names in Creole, Portuguese:

Corneta

Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, French:

Corneta

Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese:

Corneta

Common Names in Croatian:

Šljuka

Common Names in Danish:

Almindelig sneppefisk, Sneppefisk

Common Names in English:

bellowfish, Common bellowsfish, Common Snipefish, Deepbody Snipefish, Long Nosed Snipefish, Longspine Ipe-Fish, longspine snipefish, Longspine spinefish, Lonspine snipefish, Slender snipefish, Snipe-fish, Snipefish, Snipefishes, Spine trumpet fish, Trumpet fish, Trumpetfish

Common Names in French:

B?casse de Mer, Bec-De-Cane Tachet, Bécasse de mer, Trompette

Common Names in German:

Gew, Gewöhnlicher Schnepfenfisch, Schnepfenfisch

Common Names in Greek:

Mpekatsopsaro, Μπεκάτσα, Μπεκατσόψαρο, Σαλπιγκτής, Τρομπέτα

Common Names in Greek, Modern:

Mpekatsopsaro, Μπεκατσόψαρο

Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):

Mpekatsopsaro, Μπεκατσόψαρο

Common Names in Italian:

Gallinazza, Munacedda 'mperiali, Pesce trombetta, Pesce trummetta, Pisci ferru, Pisci trummetta, Pisciu trombetta, Soffietto, Trumbetta

Common Names in Japanese:

Sagifue

Common Names in Korean:

Tae-Ju-Dung-Ch´i, Tae-ju-dung-ch'i, 대주둥치

Common Names in Maltese:

Bekkacca, Bekkacca tal-bahar, Pixxitrumbetta, Trumbetta

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

Ch, Cháng wen yú, 長吻魚(鷺管魚), 长吻鱼(鹭管鱼), 鷸嘴魚, 鹬嘴鱼

Common Names in Norwegian:

Trompetfisk

Common Names in Polish:

Bekasnik

Common Names in Portuguese:

Apara-L, Apara-lápis, Corneta, Corneta-malhada, Galinhola, Peixe-trombeteiro, Peixe-trompeteiro, Trombeteiro, Trombeteiro comum, Trompeta, Trompeteiro

Common Names in Rumanian:

Peste trompeta

Common Names in Slovene:

Kljunaèka

Common Names in Slovenian:

Kljuna, Kljunaèka

Common Names in Spanish:

Canario, Musico, Trompetero, Trompetero Colinegro, trompetero copete

Common Names in Swedish:

Snäppfisk

Common Names in Turkish:

Trompet balığı

Description

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Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,174 meters (0 to -16,975 feet).[4]

Ecology: Macroramphosus scolopax is a bethopelagic, subtropical species, typically found on the lower continental shelf over sand substrates (R. Fritzsche pers. comm. 2009).  This species is also known from the upper slope and oceanic seamounts .  While normally found at a depth range of 50–350m, it has also been taken from depths of 600 m .  Food items for this species include copepods , foraminiferans, amphipods , gammarid shrimps, polychaetes , and paguridae .  This species is found in large schools.[5].

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Taxonomy

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Last Revised: 7/15/2012