Congridarum clifdenensis Frost 1928 (conger eel)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Full reference: G. A. Frost. 1928. Otoliths of Fishes from the Tertiary Formations of New Zealand, and from Balcombe Bay, Victoria. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 59:91-97

Belongs to Congridarum according to G. A. Frost 1928

Sister taxa: Congridarum brevisulcus, Congridarum carinatus, Congridarum grantmackiei, Congridarum obrutus, Congridarum occidentalis, Congridarum thevenini, Congridarum websteri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Long Beach, Clifden, which is in an Altonian coastal horizon in New Zealand

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Long Beach, Clifden

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