Congroidei

Congroidei
European conger, Conger conger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Suborder:	Congroidei Bleeker, 1864 [1]
Families
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Congroidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels. These eels are mostly marine, although a few species of snake eel will enter freshwater, and they are found in tropical and temperate waters throughout the world. ^[2]

Families and subfamiles

Congroidei contains the following extant families and subfamilies: ^{[3] [4]}

• Family Colocongridae D. G. Smith, 1976 (shorttail eels)
• Family Derichthyidae Gill, 1884 (longneck eels or narrowneck eels)
• Family Ophichthidae Günther, 1870 (snake eels and worm eels)
  • Subfamily Myrophinae Kaup, 1856 (worm eels)
  • Subfamily Ophichthinae Günther, 1870 (snake eels)
• Family Muraenesocidae Kaup, 1859 (pike conger eels)
• Family Nettastomatidae Kaup, 1859 (duckbill eels)
• Family Congridae Kaup, 1856 (conger eels)
  • Subfamily Congrinae Kaup, 1856 (congers)
  • Subfamily Bathymyrinae J. E. Böhlke, 1949
  • Subfamily Heterocongrinae Günther, 1870 (garden eels)

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. Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 145–148. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN   2015037522. OCLC   951899884. OL   25909650M.
3. "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 November 2024.
4. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 . PMID   25543675.