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Centriscidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Syngnathiformes › Centriscidae

Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Macroramphosus scolopax, the longspine snipefish, is a widely distributed marine fish with notable morphological variation and documented courtship behavior.

Centriscus scutatus Linnaeus, 1758

Centriscus scutatus is a slender coastal fish found in the Indian and Pacific oceans that feeds on small crustaceans.

Aeoliscus strigatus (Günther, 1861)

Aeoliscus strigatus, the razorfish, is a small marine fish that hides and hunts among sea urchin spines.

Related Families

Syngnathidae 61 species Solenostomidae 4 species Aulostomidae 3 species Fistulariidae 2 species

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