Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Alternative combinations: Congridarum mysticus, Otolithus (Congridarum) mysticus
Full reference: G. A. Frost. 1934. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 63:133-144
Belongs to Bathycongrus according to W. Schwarzhans 2019
See also Frost 1934 and Schwarzhans 1980
Sister taxa: Bathycongrus circularis, Bathycongrus waihaoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ihungia Stream, which is in a Kapitean marine mudstone in New Zealand
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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