Anguilliformes (original) (raw)

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

Classification

• Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish)
  • Teleostei
    * Elopomorpha
    * 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 (morays)
    * 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\n