Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758)

Carneiro, Miguel, Martins, Rogélia, Landi, Monica & Costa, Filipe O., 2014, Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf, European Journal of Taxonomy 73, pp. 1-73 : 46

* □ Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758)

– Longspine snipefish; Trombeteiro ①②③, Peixetrombeteiro ②

Robalo et al. (2009) suggested that the genus Macroramphosus is represented by a single species in the northeastern Atlantic, M. scolopax , with different morphotypes interbreeding off the central and southwestern Portuguese coast. Dyer & Westneat (2010) indicated the distribution of the species M. gracilis as being the western Central Atlantic and this species seems to be sympatric with M. scolopax , all around the world.