After Nelson, 1994, with Recent species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]
<==o Congrinae [incl. Macrocephenchelyidae] ()? [Nelson: 25 genera] |-- Acromycter nezumi (Asano, 1958) |--o Conger Eoc. Olig. NA. Mioc. NZ. R. Oc. (meriankeriaat) [11] | |-- C. cinereus Rüppell, 1830 (Longfin African conger) | |-- C. conger (Linnaeus, 1758) (meriankerias; European conger) | |-- C. erebennus (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | |-- C. esculentus Poey, 1861 (Grey conger) | |-- C. japonicus Bleeker, 1879 (Beach conger) | |-- C. myriaster (Brevoort, 1856) | |-- C. oceanicus (Mitchill, 1818) (American conger) | |-- C. orbignyanus Valenciennes, 1847 (Argentine conger) | |-- C. triporiceps Kanazawa, 1958 (Manytooth conger) | |-- C. verreauxi Kaup, 1856 (Conger) | `-- C. wilsoni (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Cape conger) |-- Gavialiceps |--o Gnathophis ()? [16] | |-- G. andriashevi Karmovskaya, 1990 | |-- G. bathytopos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 (Blackgut conger) | |-- G. bracheatopos Smith & Kanazawa, 1977 (Longeye conger) | |-- G. capensis (Kaup, 1856) (Southern conger) | |-- G. catalinensis (Wade, 1946) (Catalina conger) | |-- G. cinctus (Garman, 1899) (Hardtail conger) | |-- G. codoniphorus Maul, 1972 | |-- G. habenatus (Richardson, 1848) (Little conger eel) | |-- G. longicauda (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888) | |-- G. mystax (Delaroche, 1809) (Thinlip conger) | |--o G. nystromi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | | |-- G. n. ginanago (Asano, 1958) | | `-- G. n. nystromi (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | |-- G. parini Karmovskaya, 1990 | |-- G. smithi Karmovskaya, 1990 | |-- G. umbrellabius (Whitley, 1946) (Umbrella conger) | `-- G. xenica (Matsubara & Ochiai, 1951) |?- Hildebrandia |-- Lumiconger arafura Castle & Paxton, 1984 |-- Macrocephenchelys brachialis Fowler, 1934 |--o Rhechias ()? [3] | |-- R. bertini (Poll, 1953) | |-- R. retrotincta (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) | `-- R. thysanochila (Reid, 1934) (Conger eel) |--o Rhynchoconger ()? [7] | |-- R. brevirostris Chen & Weng, 1967 | |-- R. ectenurus (Jordan & Richardson, 1909) | |-- R. flava (Goode & Bean, 1896) (Yellow conger) | |-- R. gracilior (Ginsburg, 1951) (Whiptail conger) | |-- R. guppyi (Norman, 1925) | |-- R. nitens (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) (Bignose conger) | `-- R. trewavasae Ben-Tuvia, 1993 |--o Uroconger Mioc. Plioc. Aus. R. Oc. ()?[3] | |-- U. erythraeus Castle, 1982 | |-- U. lepturus (Richardson, 1845) (Slender conger) | `-- U. syringinus Ginsburg, 1954 (Threadtail conger) |--o Xenomystax [Paraxenomystax] ()? [3] | |-- X. atrarius Gilbert, 1891 (Deepwater conger) | |-- X. bidentatus (Reid, 1940) | `-- X. trucidans Alcock, 1894 `== other 14 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