Subfamily Bathymyrinae (conger eel)

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

Subtaxa: Ariosoma Protanago

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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

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