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Encyclopedia > Anguilliformes
Anguilliforme
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Families
Many: see text

The Anguilliformes (true eels) are an order of bony fishes.


Classification

  • Order Anguilliformes (true eels, gulpers)
    • Suborder Anguilloidei
      • Family Anguillidae (freshwater eels including American eel, important for food)
      • Family Heterenchelyidae
      • Family Moringuidae (worm eels)
      • Family Xenocongridae (false morays)
      • Family Muraenidae (moray eels)
      • Family Myrocongridae
    • Suborder Nemichthyoidei
      • Family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels)
      • Family Serrivomeridae (sawtooth snipe eels)
      • Family Cyemidae (bobtail snipe eels)
    • Suborder Congroidei
      • Family Congridae (congers)
      • Family Muraenesocidae (conger pikes)
      • Family Nettastomatidae (witch eels)
      • Family Nessorhamphidae (duckbilled eels)
      • Family Derichthyidae (neck eels)
      • Family Ophichthidae (snake eels)
      • Family Macrocephenchelyidae
    • Suborder Synaphobranchoidei
      • Family Synaphobranchidae
      • Family Simenchelyidae (parasitic eels)
      • Family Dysommidae



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