Smallmouth spiny eel

Smallmouth spiny eel
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Notacanthiformes
Family:	Notacanthidae
Genus:	Polyacanthonotus
Species:	P. rissoanus
Binomial name
	Polyacanthonotus rissoanus; (De Filippi & Vérany, 1857)
Synonyms
	Macdonaldia rostrata Collett, 1889; Notacanthus rissoanus De Filippi & Verany, 1857; Notacanthus rostratus Collett, 1889; Paradoxichthys garibaldianus Giglioli, 1882; Polyacanthonotus rostratus Collett, 1889;

The smallmouth spiny eel (Polyacanthonotus rissoanus), also called the shortspine tapirfish, is a species of deep-sea spiny eel.

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