Notopogon

"Bellowsfish" redirects here. For the goosefish in the family Lophiidae, see Bellows-fish.

The bellowfishes or bellowsfishes are fishes in the genus Notopogon in the family Centriscidae.^[2] They are found in deeper parts of the temperate southern oceans, although the longspine bellowfish has been recorded as far north as New Caledonia and Madagascar.^[2] According to FishBase, they are part of the family Centriscidae, but some authorities split that family, in which case the genus Notopogon is in the family Macroramphosidae, which is followed here.^[3] They have long second spines on their dorsal fins and tiny mouths at the tip of their greatly elongated snouts. Their bodies are relatively high (giving them a somewhat hunchbacked appearance), unlike the related snipefishes. They reach a maximum length of about 34 cm (13 in), and are silvery or reddish in colour.

Notopogon
Notopogon lilliei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Centriscidae
Subfamily:	Macroramphosinae
Genus:	Notopogon Regan, 1914
Type species
Notopogon lilliei Regan 1914
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Scolopacichthys Regan, 1914

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[2]

• Notopogon armatus (Sauvage, 1879)
• Notopogon fernandezianus (Delfín, 1899) (orange bellowsfish)
• Notopogon lilliei Regan, 1914 (crested bellowsfish)
• Notopogon macrosolen Barnard, 1925 (longsnout bellowsfish)
• Notopogon xenosoma Regan, 1914 (longspine bellowsfish)