Subfamily Heterocongrinae (conger eel)
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Alternative spelling: Heterocongridae
Parent taxon: Congridae according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Jordan 1963 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Ariosoma, Ariosominae, Astroconger, Bassanago, Bathycongrus, Bathymyrinae, Blachea, Bolcyrus, Conger, Congridarum, Congrinae, Gnathophis, Gorgasia, Heteroconger, Maxwelliella, Mystriophis, Notoconger, Paraconger, Paracongroides, Promyllantor, Pseudophichthys, Pseudoxenomystax, Rhechias, Rhynchoconger, Scalanago, Tonganago, Uroconger, Voltaconger, Xenomystax
Subtaxa: Taenioconger
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Heterocongrinae in the database