Orange bellowsfish

Notopogon fernandezianus

Six purple blue stripes on flanks

Orange
Southern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
South America
Deep-bodied
Medium

Orange bellowsfish is known around Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 18 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Pipefishes and Allies
Family: Centriscidae
Genus: Notopogon
Maximum length: 18 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: Southwest Pacific: Southeast Pacific: Juan Fernández Is, Nazca Ridge and Sala-y-Gomez, Chile (Ref. 50546 ). Southwest Atlantic: From Southern Brazil to northern Argentina (Ref. 42513 ). Previous reports from New South Wales and Victoria (Australia) and New Zealand are misidentifications for Notopogon xenosoma Regan, 1914 (Ref. 42513 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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