''Notograptus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of marine fish in subclass

Actinopterygii Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...

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 a ...

. ''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 ''Notograptus'' is a genus of marine fish in subclass Actinopterygii and order Perciformes. They are sometimes placed in a family of their own, Notograptidae, or may instead be included in the family Plesiopidae. ''Notograptus'' supposedly bears ...

'' Whitley, 1941 (Shark-tailed eel blenny) *'' Notograptus guttatus'' Günther, 1867 (Spotted eel blenny)

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