†Notoconger hesperis Schwarzhans 2019 (conger eel)
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Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans. 2019. Reconstruction of the fossil marine bony fish fauna (Teleostei) from the Eocene to Pleistocene of New Zealand by means of otoliths. With studies of Recent congroid, morid and trachinoid otoliths. Memorie Della Societa Italianà di Scienze Naturali e del Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano 46:1-326
Belongs to Notoconger according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
Sister taxon: Notoconger devexus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cape Foulwind beach cliffs, which is in a Runangan marine horizon in New Zealand
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cape Foulwind beach cliffs
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