''Notograptus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of marine fish in subclass Actinopterygii and order

Perciformes Perciformes (), also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish. If considered a single order, they are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish. Perciformes means ...

. They are sometimes placed in a family of their own, Notograptidae, or may instead be included in the family

Plesiopidae The longfins, also known as roundheads or spiny basslets, are a family, Plesiopidae, which were formerly placed in the order Perciformes but are now regarded as being ''incertae sedis'' in the subseries Ovalentaria in the clade Percomorpha. They ...

. ''Notograptus'' supposedly bears a relationship with ''

Acanthoplesiops ''Acanthoplesiops'' is a genus of reef-dwelling fishes belonging to the family Plesiopidae The longfins, also known as roundheads or spiny basslets, are a family, Plesiopidae, which were formerly placed in the order Perciformes but are now rega ...

''. ''Notograptus'' contains these species: *'' Notograptus gregoryi'' Whitley, 1941 (Shark-tailed eel blenny) *'' Notograptus guttatus'' Günther, 1867 (Spotted eel blenny)

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