Scientific Name	Notacanthus abbotti   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Fowler, 1934	Depth	250 - 1000M
Chinese	長吻背棘魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	背棘魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F073　Notacanthidae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	長吻背棘魚
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	背棘魚
Distribution in World	Australia	Distribution in Taiwan	North East
Habitats	Deep Sea	Holotype Locality	Camp Overton Light, northern Mindanao, Philippines, Bohol Sea, western Pacific, Albatross station 5510, 8°16'00
Synonyms	Notacanthus abotti
Reference	Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；吳宗翰（2002）碩士論；McDowell, S. B. 1973. Order Heteromi (Notacanthiformes). In: Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research No. 1 (pt 6): 1-228；Yeh, H.-M., Lee, M.-Y., And K.-T. Shao. 2006. Three new records of Halosaurid fishes (Pisces: Halosauridae) from the deep waters adjacent to Taiwan. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan. V. 33(4):345-355.   Fowler, H. W. 1934 Fowler, H. W. 1934 Fowler, H. W. 1934 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002 吳宗翰 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0058555. ASIZP0059962. ASIZP0060735. ASIZP0060883. ASIZP0061045. ASIZP0061420. ASIZP0061477. ASIZP0062540. ASIZP0063080. ASIZP0063742. ASIZP0070582. ASIZP0070639. ASIZP0700350. ASIZP0805642. ASIZP0805643. ASIZP0805644. ASIZP0901374. CAS214454. CAS214655. NMMBP06210. NMMSTP01642. NTOU-AE6251. NTOU-AE6252. NTOU-AE6253.
Common Name	Deep-sea spiny eel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body moderately elongate; tail slender and tapering to a point, often broken and regenerated. Head moderately deep to moderately elongate, somewhat compressed. Eye well developed. Snout projects beyond mouth, tapering to a rounded tip. Mouth relatively small. Teeth small, pointed, in a single row on premaxilla. Dorsal fin with 12-13 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, with 17-22; pectoral fins well developed, located on midside, a short but distinct distance behind gill opening; pelvic fins abdominal, slightly in front of anus; caudal fin absent. Scales small and overlapping, covering most of head and body. Lateral line complete, on dorsal half of body anteriorly, becoming midlateral on tail; canals and scales not notably enlarged. Body white to light grey; lining of mouth and branchial chamber black; no distinct markings or patterns.
habitats	Live on the bottom at depths of approximately 250-1,000 m. Feed on various small invertebrates, including crustaceans, echinoderms, polychaetes, bryozoans, and hydrozoans. The larva is a leptocephalus.
Distribution	Distributed western Pacific from Suruga Bay and the Kumanonada Sea in Japan to the Philippines. It is occasionally in northeastern Taiwanese waters.
Utility	No commercial value.