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Class: Teleostei
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Centriscidae Snipefishes and shrimpfishes
Subfamily: Macroramphosinae
Genus: Notopogon

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5 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Notopogon armatus Western Indian Ocean 33.8 SL 1879
Notopogon fernandezianus Orange bellowfish Southeast Pacific and Sou 18 TL 1899
Notopogon lilliei Crested bellowfish Southwest Pacific 27 TL 1914
Notopogon macrosolen Longsnout bellowfish Southeast Atlantic 33 TL 1925
Notopogon xenosoma Longspine bellowfish Indo-Pacific 17 TL 1914



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