Paratriacanthodes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triacanthodidae, the spikefishes.

[1] When Fowler described P. retrospinis he gave its type locality as the China Sea in the vicinity of Taiwan at 21˚36'00N, 117˚27'00E, Albatross station D.5517 from a depth of 421 m (1,381 ft).

[3] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the family Triacanthodidae in the suborder Triacanthoidei in the order Tetraodontiformes.

[9] The largest species in the genus is P. retrospinis with a maximum published standard length of 12 cm (4.7 in).

[5] Paratriacanthodes spikefishes are found in the Indo-Pacific with P. retrospinis having a wide distribution being recorded from East Africa, Japan, the Kyushu-Palau Ridge, the South China Sea, Australia and New Caledonia.