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Polyacanthonotus
Smallmouth spiny eel (P. rissoanus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Notacanthiformes
Family:	Notacanthidae
Genus:	Polyacanthonotus Bleeker, 1874
Type species
Notacanthus rissoanus De Filippi & Vérany, 1857
Synonyms
Gnathonotacanthus Fowler, 1934 Macdonaldia Goode & Bean, 1895 Paradoxichthys Giglioli, 1882 Zanotacanthus Gill, 1876

Polyacanthonotus is a genus of spiny eels, with these currently recognized species:

• 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. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Notacanthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Polyacanthonotus". FishBase. June 2012 version.
3. 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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