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Myrocongridae

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Myrocongridae

Taxonomy
Myrocongridae was named by Gill (1890). It is extant. Its type is Myroconger.

It was assigned to Congroidei by Jordan (1963); and to Muraenoidei by Nelson et al. (2016), van der Laan (2019).

Subtaxa
Myroconger (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Myrocongridae Gill
1963Myrocongridae Jordan p. 630
2016Myrocongridae Nelson et al. p. 143
2019Myrocongridae van der Laan p. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
suborderMuraenoidei
familyMyrocongridaeGill 1890
familyMyrocongridaeGill 1890

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Myrocongridae Gill 1890
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G. Myroconger Guenther 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:49:55
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:49:55
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available