Crested bellowfish

Crested bellowfish
Crested bellowfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Centriscidae
Genus: Notopogon
Species: N. lilliei
Binomial name
Notopogon lilliei
Regan, 1914

The crested bellowfish, Notopogon lilliei, is a species of fish from the family Centriscidae, found in the south west Pacific, western Indian, and south east Atlantic Oceans at depths of 80 to 600 metres (260 to 2,000 ft). Its length is up to 27 centimetres (11 in).

References

  • Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Notopogon lilliei" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8