Notacanthiformes
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Notocanthiformes
| image = Notacanthus chemnitzii.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Snubnosed Spiny Eel, Notacanthus chemnitzii. From plate 50 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896.
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Actinopterygii
| ordo = Notacanthiformes
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision =
Halosauridae
Notacanthidae
}}
Notacanthiformes is an order of deep-sea ray-finned fishes, consisting of the families Halosauridae and Notacanthidae (spiny eels)
The order is of relatively recent vintage; Fishes of the World lists it as a suborder Notacanthoidei of Albuliformes. The notacanthiforms are much more eel-like than the albuliforms; for instance, the caudal fin has disappeared.