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Notacanthus
Snubnosed spiny eel, Notacanthus chemnitzii.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Notacanthiformes
Family:	Notacanthidae
Genus:	Notacanthus Bloch, 1788
Type species
Notacanthus chemnitzii Bloch 1788
Synonyms
Campylodon Fabricius 1793 Acanthonotus Bloch & Schneider 1801 Helorus Goode 1880 (Preocc.) Gigliolia Goode & Bean 1895 (Preocc.) Tiluropsis Roule 1911

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

Species

It currently contains these recognized species:

• Notacanthus abbotti Fowler, 1934 (Mindanao spiny eel)
• Notacanthus arrontei Bañón, Barros-García, Baldó, Cojan & Carlos, 2024
• Notacanthus bonaparte A. Risso, 1840 (Shortfin spiny eel)
• Notacanthus chemnitzii Bloch, 1788 (Snub-nosed spiny eel)
• Notacanthus indicus Lloyd, 1909 (Arabian spiny eel)
• Notacanthus laccadiviensis Konhamkakkada, Kinattumkara, Raghavan & Sivanpillai, 2023
• 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.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Notacanthus". FishBase. September 2024 version.

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