{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{redirect|Bellowsfish|the goosefish in the family Lophiidae|Bellows-fish}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Notopogon lilliei.jpg | image_caption = ''Notopogon lilliei'' | taxon = Notopogon | authority = Regan, 1914 | type_species = ''Notopogon lilliei'' | type_species_authority = Regan 1914 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms = ''Scolopacichthys'' <small>Regan, 1914</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = CoF>{{Cof family|family=Macroramphosinae|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> }}
The '''bellowfishes''' or '''bellowsfishes''' are fishes in the genus '''''Notopogon''''' in the family Centriscidae.<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Notopogon | year = 2018 | month = February}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Fishbase/> 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.<ref name = FoA>{{cite web | title = ''Notopogon'' | work = Fishes of Australia | accessdate = 13 June 2018 | url = http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/genus/1006 | publisher = Museums Victoria}}</ref> 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 {{convert|34|cm|in|abbr=on}}, and are silvery or reddish in colour.
==Species== The currently recognized species in this genus are:<ref name=Fishbase/> * ''Notopogon armatus'' <small>(Sauvage, 1879)</small> * ''Notopogon fernandezianus'' <small>(Delfín, 1899)</small> (orange bellowsfish) * ''Notopogon lilliei'' <small>Regan, 1914</small> (crested bellowsfish) * ''Notopogon macrosolen'' <small>Barnard, 1925</small> (longsnout bellowsfish) * ''Notopogon xenosoma'' <small>Regan, 1914</small> (longspine bellowsfish)
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Category:Notopogon Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan
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