WoRMS taxon details
Macroramphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839)
275181 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275181)
accepted
Species
Centriscus gracilis Lowe, 1839 · unaccepted
Centriscus japonicus Günther, 1861 · unaccepted
Centriscus velitaris Pallas, 1770 · unaccepted
Macroramphosus japonicus (Günther, 1861) · unaccepted
Macroramphosus velitaris (Pallas, 1770) · unaccepted
Macrorhamphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Macrorhamphosus hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905 · unaccepted
Macrorhamphosus molleri Whitley, 1930 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Centriscus gracilis Lowe, 1839) Lowe, R. T. (1839). A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1839 (pt 7): 76-92. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Macroramphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275181 on 2026-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Centriscus gracilis Lowe, 1839) Lowe, R. T. (1839). A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1839 (pt 7): 76-92. [details]
original description (of Centriscus velitaris Pallas, 1770) Pallas, P. S. (1770). Spicilegia Zoologica quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur. <em>Berolini, Gottl. August. Lange.</em> v. 1 (fasc. 8): 1-56, Pls. 1-5. [Also v. 1 (fasc. 7), 1769, pp. 1-42, Pls. 1-6.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817654
page(s): 36, Pl. 4 (fig. 8) [details]
original description (of Macrorhamphosus molleri Whitley, 1930) Whitley, G. P. (1930). Additions to the check-list of the fishes of New South Wales. (No. 3). <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 117-123, Pl. 14. [details]
original description (of Centriscus japonicus Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
original description (of Centriscus velitaris Pallas, 1770) Pallas, P. S. (1770). Spicilegia Zoologica quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur. <em>Berolini, Gottl. August. Lange.</em> v. 1 (fasc. 8): 1-56, Pls. 1-5. [Also v. 1 (fasc. 7), 1769, pp. 1-42, Pls. 1-6.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817654
page(s): 36, Pl. 4 (fig. 8) [details]
original description (of Macrorhamphosus molleri Whitley, 1930) Whitley, G. P. (1930). Additions to the check-list of the fishes of New South Wales. (No. 3). <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 6 (pt 2): 117-123, Pl. 14. [details]
original description (of Centriscus japonicus Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | slender snipefish | [details] |
| Japanese | ダイコクサギフエ [from synonym] | [details] |
| Spanish | trompetero flaco | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Macrorhamphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Centriscus gracilis Lowe, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Centriscus velitaris Pallas, 1770)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Macrorhamphosus hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macroramphosus gracilis)
To FishBase (from synonym Macroramphosus velitaris (Pallas, 1770))
To FishBase (from synonym Centriscus gracilis Lowe, 1839)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Macrorhamphosus molleri Whitley, 1930)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrorhamphosus hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrorhamphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Centriscus velitaris Pallas, 1770)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Centriscus gracilis Lowe, 1839)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Macroramphosus japonicus (Günther, 1861))
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Macrorhamphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Centriscus gracilis Lowe, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Centriscus velitaris Pallas, 1770)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Macrorhamphosus hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macroramphosus gracilis)
To FishBase (from synonym Macroramphosus velitaris (Pallas, 1770))
To FishBase (from synonym Centriscus gracilis Lowe, 1839)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Macrorhamphosus molleri Whitley, 1930)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrorhamphosus hawaiiensis Gilbert, 1905)
To FishBase (from synonym Macrorhamphosus gracilis (Lowe, 1839))
To FishBase (from synonym Centriscus velitaris Pallas, 1770)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Centriscus gracilis Lowe, 1839)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Macroramphosus japonicus (Günther, 1861))
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
