The orange bellowsfish (''Notopogon fernandezianus'') is a species of fish of the family Macroramphosidae, found around South America, at depths of . Its length is up to . The orange bellowsfish is a

bathydemersal Demersal fish, also known as groundfish, live and feed on or near the bottom of seas or lakes (the demersal zone).Walrond Carl . "Coastal fish - Fish of the open sea floor"Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Updated 2 March 2009 They occ ...

species which occurs over the

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and continental slope off the subtropical coasts of South America, in the south-eastern Pacific from Juan Fernández to the

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and the Isla Salas y Gómez while in the south western Atlantic it ranges from southern Brazil to Argentina. It is not known to be subject to any threats and is therefore listed by the

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as Least Concern. The body has six slanted purplish-blue bands with a background colour of silvery white. The gill cover and area beneath the eye are silvery while the upper portion of the head and the snout are dark blue. The fins are translucent.

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