Japonoconger africanus (Poll, 1953)

Schwarzhans, Werner, 2023, Geology and stratigraphy of the Neogene section along the Oued Beth between Dar bel Hamri and El Kansera (Rharb Basin, northwestern Morocco) and its otolith-based fish fauna: a faunal inventory for the Early, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (4) 142 (1), pp. 1-85 : 18

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scientific name	Japonoconger africanus (Poll, 1953)
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Japonoconger africanus (Poll, 1953) View in CoL

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2019b Japonoconger africanus (Poll, 1953) —Schwarzhans: pl. 6, Figs. 11 View Fig , 12 View Fig .

2022 Japonoconger africanus (Poll, 1953) —van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers: pl. 3, Figs. 12–14 View Fig View Fig View Fig (see there for further references).

Material 1 specimen, Zanclean, Dar bel Hamri ( SMF PO 101.189 ) .

Discussion Japonoconger africanus today is found at a depth of 250–650 m off tropical West Africa from Gabon to Angola. During the Pliocene, it was much more widely distributed and has regularly been reported from the Mediterranean and now also from Atlantic Morocco. In all these fossil locations, however, it is rare, except for the Piacenzian of Estepona near Málaga, Spain ( van Hinsbergh & Hoedemakers, 2022).