Heteroconger Bleeker 1868 (garden eel)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Parent taxon: Congridae according to J. H. Robinson et al. 2024

See also Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011 and Schwarzhans et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Ariosoma, Ariosominae, Astroconger, Bassanago, Bathycongrus, Bathymyrinae, Blachea, Bolcyrus, Conger, Congridarum, Congrinae, Gnathophis, Gorgasia, Heterocongrinae, Maxwelliella, Mystriophis, Notoconger, Paraconger, Paracongroides, Promyllantor, Pseudophichthys, Pseudoxenomystax, Rhechias, Rhynchoconger, Scalanago, Tonganago, Uroconger, Voltaconger, Xenomystax

Subtaxa: Heteroconger astroblematicus Heteroconger mataura

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Ukraine (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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