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has gloss | (noun) small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth snipefish, bellows fish |
has gloss | eng: The snipefishes (genus Macroramphosus) are two species of fishes found in tropical and subtropical oceans at depth down to . According to FishBase, they are part of the family Centriscidae, but some authorities split that family, in which case the genus Macroramphosus is in the family Macroramphosidae. They have a long second spine on the dorsal fin and a tiny mouth at the tip of a greatly elongated snout. Their body is more streamlined than in the related bellowfishes. They reach a maximum length of approximately , and are silvery or reddish in colour. They are sometimes found in large schools. |
lexicalization | eng: bellows fish |
lexicalization | eng: snipefish |
subclass of | (noun) a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei teleost fish, teleostan, teleost |
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member of | (noun) bellows fishes family Macrorhamphosidae, Macrorhamphosidae |
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similar | e/Snipefish |
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