Orange bellowsfish
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The orange bellowsfish, Notopogon fernandezianus, is a species of fish
of the family
Centriscidae
, found in all southern oceans, at depths of 150 to 580 m (492.1 to 1,902.9 ft). Its length is up to 18 centimetres (7.1 in).
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Centriscidae
Centriscidae
Centriscidae is the family of snipefishes, shrimpfishes, and bellowfishes. A small family, consisting of only about a dozen marine species, they are of an unusual appearance, as reflected by the common names...
, found in all southern oceans, at depths of 150 to 580 m (492.1 to 1,902.9 ft). Its length is up to 18 centimetres (7.1 in).