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