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Heterocongrinae

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Heterocongridae was named as a family. It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Heterocongrinae by Steurbaut (1984) and Nelson et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Congroidei by Jordan (1963); and to Congridae by Steurbaut (1984) and Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Heterocongridae Jordan p. 630
1984Heterocongrinae Steurbaut p. 38
2016Heterocongrinae Nelson et al. p. 148

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Elopocephalai
Elopocephala
Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyCongridaeKaup 1856
subfamilyHeterocongrinae
subfamilyHeterocongrinae

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.

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G. Taenioconger Herre 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available