See text Scolopacichthys Regan, 1914 The bellowfishes or bellowsfishes are fishes in the genus Notopogon in the family Centriscidae.

[2] They are found in deeper parts of the temperate southern oceans, although the longspine bellowfish has been recorded as far north as New Caledonia and Madagascar.

[3] They have long second spines on their dorsal fins and tiny mouths at the tip of their greatly elongated snouts.

Their bodies are relatively high (giving them a somewhat hunchbacked appearance), unlike the related snipefishes.

They reach a maximum length of about 34 cm (13 in), and are silvery or reddish in colour.