Notacanthus is a genus of spiny eels in the family Notacanthidae.
| Notacanthus | |
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| Snubnosed spiny eel, Notacanthus chemnitzii. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Notacanthiformes |
| Family: | Notacanthidae |
| Genus: | Notacanthus Bloch, 1788 |
| Type species | |
| Notacanthus chemnitzii Bloch 1788
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
Species
editIt currently contains these recognized species:[3]
- 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Notacanthus". FishBase. September 2024 version.
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