shortspine tapirfish

Polyacanthonotus rissoanus

Notacanthid Fish beneath the Mediterranean Sea

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
Maximum length: 39.9 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Baffin Bay-Davis Strait Offshore, Ireland to South Africa, including the Mediterranean Sea. Reported from Iceland (Ref. 12462 ). Western Atlantic: Davis Strait to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the USA.

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