Polyacanthonotus rissoanus (Filippi and Verany, 1859)
Synonyms:
Notacanthus rostratus Collett, 1889
Notacanthus rissoanus Filippi and Verany, 1859, Mem. R. Acad. Sci. Torino, (2)18: 190 (Nice).
Paradoxichthys garibaldianus Giglioli, 1882, Nature, 25: 535 (Mediterranean).
Notacanthus Rissoanus: Vaillant, 1888: 335, pl. 27 (fig. 1).
Polyacanthonotus rissoanus: Goode and Bean, 1896: 170, fig. 188 (part.) | Fowler, 1936: 256, fig. 121 | Trotti, 1942: 269, fig. 1-3 | Bini, 1969, 3: 19 (fig.) | Tortonese, 1970: 354, fig. 144 | Gallego and Ibanez, 1974: 171, fig. 1, pl. 1.
Polyacanthonotus vaillanti Fowler, 1934, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 85 (1933): 266 (Gulf Stream).
Common name:
smallmouth spiny eel [UK and USA]