Source: FAO 2002.
| Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
| Notacanthidae | Notacanthus chemnitzii | Bloch | 1788 | Snubnosed Spiny Eel |
Notacanthus chemnitzii and Polyacanthonotus rissoanus – Tail slender and tapering to a point, often broken and regenerated. Mouth relatively small, inferior, overhung by snout, gape ending in front of or under eye. Maxilla without teeth, nearly excluded from gape by premaxilla. Dorsal fin consists of a series of unsegmented spines, isolated from each other and not connected by a membrane. Anal fin long, extending from just behind anus to tip of tail, anterior rays spinous (FAO 2002).
Notacanthus chemnitzii
Unique Characteristics: Dorsal-fin spines 6-15. Greatest body depth less than 3 in preanal length.
Similar Species: Polyacanthonotus rissoanus. Dorsal-fin spines 26-40. Greatest body depth more than 3 in preanal length.