Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Parent taxon: Congridae according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2025
See also Ebersole et al. 2021 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Ariosominae, Astroconger, Bassanago, Bathycongrus, Blachea, Bolcyrus, Chiloconger, Conger, Congridarum, Congrinae, Gnathophis, Gorgasia, Heteroconger, Heterocongrinae, Maxwelliella, Mystriophis, Notoconger, Paraconger, Paracongroides, Promyllantor, Pseudophichthys, Pseudoxenomystax, Rhechias, Rhynchoconger, Scalanago, Tonganago, Uroconger, Voltaconger, Xenomystax
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Taiwan (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)
• Miocene of Brunei Darussalam (1), France (4), Panama (3), Taiwan (1), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Greece (1)
• Oligocene of United States (3: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2), United States (16: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Virginia)
• Tertiary of United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 35 collections including 42 occurrences