| Polyacanthonotus | |
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| Smallmouth spiny eel (P. rissoanus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Notacanthiformes |
| Family: | Notacanthidae |
| Genus: | Polyacanthonotus Bleeker, 1874 |
| Type species | |
| Notacanthus rissoanus De Filippi & Vérany, 1857
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| Synonyms1 | |
Polyacanthonotus is a genus of spiny eels, with these currently recognized species:23
- Polyacanthonotus africanus (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)
- Polyacanthonotus challengeri (Vaillant, 1888) (longnose tapirfish)
- Polyacanthonotus merretti Sulak, R. E. Crabtree & Hureau, 1984 (Bahamas spiny eel)
- Polyacanthonotus rissoanus (De Filippi & Vérany, 1857) (smallmouth spiny eel)
References
References
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Notacanthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Polyacanthonotus". FishBase. June 2012 version.
- Van Der Laan, Richard; Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ronald (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (1): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.