Congeris (eel)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Muraenidae

Parent taxon: Muraenidae according to M. Leriche 1942

Sister taxa: Anarchias, Echidna, Eomyrus, Gymnothorax, Muraena, Muraeninae, Otolithus, Uropterygiinae

Subtaxa: Congeris brevior Congeris wharekuriensis

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1), United States (6: Alabama, Mississippi)

• Eocene of United States (3: Louisiana, Mississippi)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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