Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Full reference: W. Schwarzhans, D. E. Lee, and H. J. L. Gard. 2017. Otoliths reveal diverse fish communities in Late Oligocene estuarine to deep-water paleoenvironments in southern Zealandia. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 60(4):433-464
Parent taxon: Congridae according to J. H. Robinson et al. 2024
See also Schwarzhans 2019 and Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Ariosoma, Ariosominae, Astroconger, Bassanago, Bathycongrus, Bathymyrinae, Blachea, Bolcyrus, Conger, Congridarum, Congrinae, Gnathophis, Gorgasia, Heteroconger, Heterocongrinae, Maxwelliella, Mystriophis, Notoconger, Paraconger, Paracongroides, Promyllantor, Pseudophichthys, Pseudoxenomystax, Rhechias, Rhynchoconger, Scalanago, Uroconger, Voltaconger, Xenomystax
Subtaxa: Tonganago coplandi Tonganago fastigatus Tonganago obliquum Tonganago sagittisulcatus Tonganago wharenga
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (10 collections)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (3)
• Eocene of New Zealand (9)
Total: 24 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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