Description

Also known as Bellowfish, Common Bellowfish, Common Snipefish, Deepbody Snipefish, Long-nosed Snipefish, Slender Snipefish, Spine Trumpetfish, Trumpetfish.

Found in small schools, close to the bottom, over the lower continental shelf.
They feed on benthic invertebrates.
Juveniles found over oceanic surface waters.
Length - 20cm
Depth - 25-600m
Widespread Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, Indo-West Pacific

Snipefish come form a small family, Shrimpfish and Bellowfish are amongst these. Their bodies are highly compressed and mostly covered with bony plates. As with all this family they tend to swim with their heads pointing downwards. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Macroramphosus-scolopax.html