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Notacanthus
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Notacanthus

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

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Snubnosed Spiny Eel

speciesNotacanthus chemnitzii

Spiny-back Eel

speciesNotacanthus sexspinis

Shortfin spiny eel

speciesNotacanthus bonaparte

Notacanthus abbotti

speciesNotacanthus abbotti

Notacanthus indicus

speciesNotacanthus indicus

Notacanthus spinosus

speciesNotacanthus spinosus

Notacanthus arrontei

speciesNotacanthus arrontei

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90338.