Bellowfish

Bellowfish
This article is about the genus Notopogon. For the species' in the genus Macroramphosus, see snipefish. For the species in the genus Centriscops, see banded bellowsfish.
Bellowfish
Notopogon lilliei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Centriscidae
Genus: Notopogon
Regan, 1914
Species

6, see text

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).
  • Notopogon endeavouri Mohr, 1937.
  • Orange bellowsfish, Notopogon fernandezianus (Delfin, 1899).
  • Crested bellowfish, Notopogon lilliei Regan, 1914.
  • Longsnout bellowfish, Notopogon macrosolen Barnard, 1925.
  • Longspine bellowfish, Notopogon xenosoma Regan, 1914.

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). Species of Notopogon in FishBase. December 2009 version.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2009). "Notopogon xenosoma" in FishBase. December 2009 version.
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