Bellowfish
Macroramphosus scolopax
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Syngnathiformes
- Family
- Centriscidae
- Genus
- Macroramphosus
Where to Find
Found in 34 diving areas across 18 countries and 5 regions.
- Lord Howe Island, Australia - 462 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 779 records
- Victoria, Australia - 5 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 30 records
- Goat Island & Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - 35 records
- Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand - 30 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 13 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 1 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 6 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 7 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 16 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 5 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 9 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 8 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 1 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 17 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 1 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 2 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 8 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 1 records
- Ustica, Italy - 4 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 1 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 6 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 2 records
- Azores, Portugal - 24 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 157 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 60 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 55 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 26 records
- Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile - 1 records