After Nelson, 1994, with species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Notacanthidae (piikkiankeriaat) |--o †Pronotacanthus U. Cret. SWAs. Olig. Eu. | `-- †P. sahalaimae |--o Notacanthus [Notacanthinae] ()? [6] | |-- N. abbotti Fowler, 1934 | |-- N. bonaparte Risso, 1840 (Shortfin spiny eel) | |-- N. chemnitzii Bloch, 1788 (Spiny eel) | |-- N. indicus Lloyd, 1909 | |-- N. sexspinis Richardson, 1846 (Spiny-back eel) | `-- N. spinosus Garman, 1899 `--o Polyacanthonotinae |-- Lipogenys gilli Goode & Bean, 1895 [Lipogenyidae] `--o Polyacanthonotus ()? [N: 3] |-- P. africanus (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) |-- P. challengeri (Vaillant, 1888) (Longnose tapirfish) |-- P. merretti Sulak, Crabtree & Hureau, 1984 `-- P. rissoanus (De Filippi & Verany, 1857) (Small-mouth spiny eel)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Frickhinger, K. A., 1995: Fossil Atlas – Fishes.
–Mergus – Publishers for Natural History and Pet Books, Hans A. Baensch, Malle, Germany, 1-1088. - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Long, J. A., 1995: The Rise of Fishes: 500 million years of evolution.
–Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, pp. 1-223 - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600