Sinobdella

{{short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Sinobdella

| authority = Kottelat & Lim, 1994

}}

Sinobdella is a genus of spiny eels, often considered monotypic, containing only S. sinensis{{cite WoRMS|author=Bailly, Nicolas|year=2014|title=Sinobdella Kottelat & Lim, 1994|id=270907|access-date=4 May 2024}} though Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes includes five species:{{Cof genus|Sinobdella|access-date=4 May 2025}}

{{linked species list

|Sinobdella anguillaris |(Mori, 1928)

|Sinobdella kobayashii |(Oshima, 1926)

|Sinobdella longitubulus |Shan & Zhang, 2024

|Sinobdella magnificus |Endruweit, 2024

|Sinobdella sinensis |(Bleeker, 1870)}}

The placement of this genus has been debated. It is placed in Mastacembelidae as the sister group to the rest of the family. This species has been placed as a member of the family Chaudhuriidae, but the evidence for this relationship is not strong.{{cite journal|title=Mastacembelidae (Teleostei; Synbranchiformes) subfamily division and African generic division: an evaluation|journal=Journal of Natural History|year=2005|volume=39|issue=4|pages=351–370|first=E. J.|last=Vreven|doi=10.1080/0022293042000195975|bibcode=2005JNatH..39..351V |s2cid=85280659|url=https://zenodo.org/record/4668944 }}