Macroramphosus gracilis Slender snipefish

Macroramphosus gracilis is commonly referred to as Slender snipefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3845 

AphiaID:

275181 

Scientific:

Macroramphosus gracilis 

German:

Blasebalgfisch 

English:

Slender Snipefish 

Category:

Snipefish varieties 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Teleostei (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Centriscidae (Family) > Macroramphosus (Genus) > gracilis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lowe, ), 1839 

Occurrence:

Africa, Australia, California, Central Atlantic, China, Cuba, Desventuradas Islands, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Juan-Fernández-Islands, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Madeira, New South Wales (Australia), Tasman Sea, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, Uruguay, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

50 - 500 Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 5.91" (15 cm) 

Temperature:

53.24 °F - 80.24 °F (11.8°C - 26.8°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Copepods, Decapods, Invertebrates, Zooplankton 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Macroramphosus gracilis
  Blasebalgfisch
• 
  Macroramphosus scolopax
  Schnepfenmesserfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-09-16 13:20:00 

Last edit:

2024-12-01 21:31:00 

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