| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Acanthomysis hwanhaiensis Ii, 1964 | Northwest Pacific | ||
| Acanthomysis latiscauda Liu & Wang, 1983 | Northwest Pacific | ||
| Acanthomysis longicauda Murano, 1991 | Northwest Pacific | ||
| Acanthomysis longicornis (Milne-Edwards, 1837) | Northeast Atlantic, Indo-Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Acanthomysis longirostris unspecified | Northwest Pacific | ||
| Acanthomysis quadrispinosa Nouvel, 1965 | Northwest Pacific | ||
| Acanthomysis sinensis Ii, 1964 | Northwest Pacific | ||
| Acanthomysis strauchi (Czerniavsky, 1882) | Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea |