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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Notacanthiformes

Familia: Notacanthidae
Genus: Polyacanthonotus

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

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