Cladus: Eukaryota The bellowfishes or bellowsfishes (genus Notopogon)[1] are fishes 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. They have a long second spine on the dorsal fin and a tiny mouth at the tip of a greatly elongated snout. The body is relatively high (giving them a somewhat hunchbacked appearance) unlike the related snipefishes. They reach a maximum length of approximately 34 centimetres (13 in), and are silvery or reddish in colour. Species * Notopogon armatus (Sauvage, 1879).
1. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). Species of Notopogon in FishBase. December 2009 version.
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