Anguilloidei

Anguilloidei
American eel, Anguilla rostrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Suborder:	Anguilloidei Bleeker, 1859 [1]
Families
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Anguilloidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels.

Families

The Anguilloidei contains the following families: ^[2]

• Moringuidae Gill, 1885 (spaghetti eels)
• Anguillidae Rafinesque, 1810 (freshwater eels)
• Nemichthyidae Kaup. 1859 (snipe eels or threadtail snipe eels)
• Serrivomeridae Trewavas, 1932 (sawtooth eels)
• Cyematidae Regan, 1912 (bobtail eels)
• Monognathidae Trewavas, 1937 (onejaw gulpers)
• Neocyematidae Poulsen, M. J. Miller, Sado, Hanel, Tsukamoto & Miya, 2018 (orange bobtail eels)
• Eurypharyngidae Gill, 1883 (gulper eels or pelican eels)
• Saccopharyngidae Bleeker, 1859 (swallower eels or whiptail gulpers)

This suborder historically included several other families that have recently been moved to new suborders: Chlopsidae (false morays), Heterenchelyidae (mud eels), Muraenidae (moray eels), and Myrocongridae (thin eels). ^[3]

References

1. Thomas J. Near; Christine E. Thacker. "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1): 3–302. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101.
2. "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 8 November 2024.
3. Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 151–153. ISBN   9781118342336.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Order Anguilliformes". FishBase . January 2006 version.