Family Ophichthidae Günther 1870 (eel)

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Ophichthidae

Alternative spelling: Ophichthyidae

Synonym: Parechelidae Casier 1967

Parent taxon: Congroidei according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Bannikov 2014, Betancur et al. 2013, Carnevale et al. 2014, Jordan 1963, Lin et al. 2017 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Cyemidae, Derichthyidae, Dysommidae, Neenchelyidae, Nettastomatidae, Nettastomidae, Sauromuraenesocidae, Xenocongridae

Subtaxa: Asanoa Asanoinae Echelus Goslinophis Myrophinae Ophichthinae Ophichthus Parechelus

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Type: Parechelus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (2 collections)

• Eocene of France (2), Germany (1), Italy (1), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences

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