Polyacanthonotus

Genus of ray-finned fishes

Polyacanthonotus
Smallmouth spiny eel (P. rissoanus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Notacanthiformes
Family: Notacanthidae
Genus: Polyacanthonotus
Bleeker, 1874
Synonyms
  • Gnathonotacanthus Fowler 1934
  • Macdonaldia Goode & Bean 1895
  • Paradoxichthys Giglioli 1882
  • ?Teratichthys Giglioli 1882 non König 1825
  • Zanotacanthus Gill 1876

Polyacanthonotus is a genus of spiny eels, with these currently recognized species:[1][2]

  • 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

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Polyacanthonotus in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  2. ^ 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.
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