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THANKS EVERYONE ;DOrder: Syngnathiformes
Family: Centriscidae
Species: Macrorhamphosus scolopax (Lin,1758)
Common Name: Longspine snipefish, Snipe fish

Size: to 20 cm TL (male/unsexed).

Habitat Type: Demersal; marine; depth range 25 - 600 m. Adults found near the bottom (normally at 50-150 m depth) over sand habitats on the lower continental shelf. Juveniles found in oceanic surface waters.

Diet: Juveniles feed mainly on pelagic invertebrates, mainly copepods; adults feed on bottom invertebrates.

Range: Widespread in warm seas. Western Atlantic: the offing of Nantucket Massachusetts Bay. Eastern Atlantic: southern England to the coast and banks of Morocco and in the Mediterranean.

Reproductive Strategy: Spawns commonly from October-March.

Comments: Commercial and aquarium species