Gymnothorax Bloch 1795 (eel)
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Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Muraenidae
Parent taxon: Muraenidae according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012
See also Nolf 1972 and Stinton and Nolf 1970
Sister taxa: Anarchias, Congeris, Echidna, Eomyrus, Muraena, Muraeninae, Otolithus, Uropterygiinae
Subtaxa: Gymnothorax diagonalis Gymnothorax mordax Gymnothorax octavianus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), France (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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