Macroramphosinae
| Macroramphosinae | |
|---|---|
| Macroramphosus scolopax | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Suborder: | Syngnathoidei |
| Superfamily: | Centriscoidea |
| Family: | Centriscidae |
| Subfamily: | Macroramphosinae Bleeker, 1879 |
Macroramphosinae, the snipefishes and bellowsfishes is a subfamily of oviparous, marine fish which form part of the superfamily Centriscoidea, which is one of the three superfamilies in the suborder Syngnathoidei of the order Syngnathiformes, which includes the seahorses, pipefishes, trumpetfishes and dragonets.
It has been considered to be a subfamily of the Centriscidae but Nelson (2016) classified it as a family. However, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (2025) has returned to treating it as a subfamily.