Otolithus Koken 1884 (eel)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Muraenidae

Parent taxon: Muraenidae according to M. Leriche 1942

See also Huddleston 1983

Sister taxa: Anarchias, Congeris, Echidna, Eomyrus, Gymnothorax, Muraena, Muraeninae, Uropterygiinae

Subtaxa: Otolithus (Labrax) Otolithus (Platessa) Otolithus (Platessae)

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Miocene of Serbia and Montenegro (1)

• Tertiary of United States (1: Mississippi)

Total: 3 collections including 12 occurrences

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