The crested bellowsfish or crested bellowfish, ''Notopogon lilliei'', is a species of
fish from the family
Macroramphosidae. It is a
demersal
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species which occurs over the
continental shelf
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at depths of . They grow to lengths of up to .
This species has been found in the south western Pacific off the coasts of New Zealand and
Victoria and
Tasmania in south-eastern Australia; it has also been reported from the western Indian Ocean near
KwaZulu Natal and in the south eastern Atlantic near the islands of
Tristan da Cunha and
Gough Island
upright=1.3, Map of Gough island
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.
[ The species was named for biologist D. G. Lillie.
]
References
* Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, ''Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand'', (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982)
Notopogon
Fish described in 1914
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