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Ecological Illustration of shortspine tapirfish (Polyacanthonotus rissoanus)
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Notacanthidae

shortspine tapirfish

Polyacanthonotus rissoanus

Notacanthid Fish beneath the Mediterranean Sea

  • Offshore
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium

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

Class
Teleosts
Order
Halosaurs and Deep-sea Spiny Eels
Family
Notacanthidae
Genus
Polyacanthonotus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
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