†Chiloconger aflorens Lin and O’Dea 2025 (conger eel)
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Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Congridae
Full reference: C. Lin and A. O’Dea. 2025. Remarkable dominance of myctophid otoliths in Upper Miocene Chagres Formation, Caribbean Panama. PeerJ 13(4443):e20155
Belongs to Chiloconger according to C. Lin and A. O’Dea 2025
Sister taxon: Chiloconger chilensis
Type specimen: ASIZF 0100943, an otolith
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Piña Norte (Miocene of Panama)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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