Notopogon macrosolen

Longsnout bellowfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Syngnathiformes
Family:Macroramphosidae
Genus:Notopogon
Species: N. macrosolen
Binomial name
Notopogon macrosolen
Barnard, 1925

The Longsnout Bellowfish (Notopogon macrosolen) is a species of fish from the family Macroramphosidae. It is found in the Southeast Atlantic Ocean, from southern Namibia to Saldanha Bay in South Africa.[1] It lives at depths from 200 to 500 metres (660 to 1,640 ft). It grows to a maximum length of 33 centimetres (13 in).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Pollom, R. (2017). "Notopogon macrosolen". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T154924A21914541. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Notopogon macrosolen" in FishBase. February 2018 version.

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