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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 eel s)
- Family Xenocongridae ( false moray s)
- Family Muraenidae ( moray eels)
- Family Myrocongridae
- Suborder Nemichthyoidei
- Family Nemichthyidae ( snipe eel s)
- Family Serrivomeridae ( sawtooth snipe eel s)
- Family Cyemidae ( bobtail snipe eel s)
- Suborder Congroidei
- Family Congridae ( congers)
- Family Muraenesocidae ( conger pike s)
- Family Nettastomatidae ( witch eel s)
- Family Nessorhamphidae ( duckbilled eel s)
- Family Derichthyidae ( neck eel s)
- Family Ophichthidae ( snake eel s)
- Family Macrocephenchelyidae
- Suborder Synaphobranchoidei
- Family Synaphobranchidae
- Family Simenchelyidae ( parasitic eel s)
- Family Dysommidae
Ray-finned fish
Eels
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