†family Anguillavidae Hay 1903 (eel)

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Anguillavidae

Synonyms: Encheliidae Hay 1903, Mylomyridae Berg 1940

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1903. On a collection of upper Cretaceous fishes from Mount Lebanon, Syria, with descriptions of four new genera and nineteen new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19:395-452

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

See also Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Abisaadia, Anguillidae, Anguilloidei, Anguilloididae, Bolcanguilla, Brannerion, Casierius, Chlopsoidei, Congermuraena, Congridae, Congroidea, Congroidei, Derrhiidae, Eodiaphyodus, Eomuraena, Eomyrophis, Eurypharyngidae, Gazolapodus, Hayenchelys, Hoplunnis, Japonoconger, Lemkea, Leptocephalus, Libanechelyidae, Luenchelys, Micromyrus, Milananguillidae, Moringuoidei, Muraenanguilla, Muraenesocidae, Muraenidae, Muraenoidei, Nemichthyidae, Palaeomyrus, Paranguillidae, Patavichthyidae, Proserrivomer, Protanguilloidei, Proteomyridae, Rhynchocymba, Saccopharyngidae, Saccopharyngoidei, Synaphobranchoidei, Urenchelyidae, Enchelycephali, Colocephali, Mastygocercus, Archencheli, Lyomeri, Carencheli, Echelidae

Subtaxa: Anguillavus Enchelion Mylomyrus

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Type: Anguillavus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Egypt (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Lebanon (7)

Total: 8 collections including 12 occurrences

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