Notacanthus

Notacanthus is a genus of spiny eels in the family Notacanthidae.

Notacanthus
Snubnosed spiny eel, Notacanthus chemnitzii.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Notacanthiformes
Family:	Notacanthidae
Genus:	Notacanthus Bloch, 1788
Synonyms[1][2]
Acanthonotus Bloch & Schneider 1801 non Gray 1831 Campylodon Fabricius 1793 non von Huene 1929 Gigliolia Goode & Bean 1895 non Barbosa Rodrigues 1877 Tiluropsis Roule 1911 larvae Helorus Goode 1880 non Latreille 1802

Species

It currently contains these recognized species:

• Notacanthus abbotti Fowler, 1934 (Mindanao spiny eel)
• Notacanthus bonaparte A. Risso, 1840 (Shortfin spiny eel)
• Notacanthus chemnitzii Bloch, 1788 (Snub-nosed spiny eel)
• Notacanthus indicus Lloyd, 1909 (Arabian spiny eel)
• Notacanthus sexspinis J. Richardson, 1846 (Spiny-back eel)
• Notacanthus spinosus Garman, 1899 (Panama spiny-back eel)

References

1. 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.
2. "Part 7- Vertebrates". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Notacanthus in FishBase. June 2011 version.