After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Congridae [incl. Macrocephenchelyidae] (congers; meriankeriaat) [paraphyletic?] [FB: 30/123] |-- †Astroconger Olig. Aus. |?-o Bassanago [2] | |-- B. bulbiceps Whitley, 1948 (Swollen-headed conger eel) | `-- B. hirsutus (Castle, 1960) |?-o Bathycongrus [7] | |-- B. baranesi Ben-Tuvia, 1993 | |-- B. bullisi (Smith & Kanazawa, 1977) | |-- B. guttulatus (Günther, 1887) | |-- B. macrurus (Gilbert, 1891) (Shorthead conger) | |-- B. randalli Ben-Tuvia, 1993 | |-- B. varidens (Garman, 1899) (Largehead conger) | `-- B. wallacei (Castle, 1968) (Longnose conger) |?- Bathyuroconger vicinus (Vaillant, 1888) Large-toothed conger |?- Blachea xenobranchialis Karrer & Smith, 1980 |-- †Bolcyrus bajai M. Eoc. Eu. |?-o Congriscus [2] | |-- C. maldivensis (Norman, 1939) | `-- C. megastomus (Günther, 1877) |?- Congrosoma evermanni Garman, 1899 (Evermann's conger) |?- Diploconger polystigmatus Kotthaus, 1968 |-- †Enchelion montium U. Cret. SWAs. |?- Japonoconger africanus (Poll, 1953) |-- †Paracongroides M. Eoc. Eu. |-- †Parbatmya Eoc. NA. |?- Paruroconger drachi Blache & Bauchot, 1976 |-- †Pavelichthys daniltschenkoi L. Olig. Eu. |?- Poeciloconger fasciatus Günther, 1872 (Barred sand conger) |?- Pseudophichthys splendens (Lea, 1913) (Purplemouthed conger) |?-o Pseudoxenomystax [2] | |-- P. albescens (Barnard, 1923) (Hairy conger) | `-- P. nielseni Karmovskaya, 1990 |?- Scalanago lateralis Whitley, 1935 |-- †Voltaconger latispinus M. Eoc. Eu. |-- Heterocongrinae (hieta-ankeriaat)? [Nelson: 2 genera/25 species] [Fishbase: 2/31] |-- Bathymyrinae [5/23] `-- Congrinae [incl. Macrocephenchelyidae] [25 genera]
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Frickhinger, K. A., 1995: Fossil Atlas – Fishes.
–Mergus – Publishers for Natural History and Pet Books, Hans A. Baensch, Malle, Germany, 1-1088 - Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org - Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600