Muraenoidei

Muraenoidei
Muraenales represented by a Mediterranean moray, (Muraena helena)
Congrales, represented by a darkfin pike eel (Muraenesox cinereus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Suborder:	Muraenoidei Fitzinger, 1832 [1]
Families
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Muraenoidei is a suborder of mainly marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels. The eels in this suborder are distributed in the tropical and temperate seas around the world.

Families

The Muraenoidei contains the following nine families: ^[2]

• Infraorder Muraenales
  • Family Heterenchelyidae Regan, 1912 (mud eels)
  • Family Myrocongridae Gill, 1890 (myroconger eels)
  • Family Muraenidae Rafinesque, 1815 (moray eels)
    • Subfamily Uropterygiinae Fowler, 1925 (tailfin moray eels)
    • Subfamily Muraeninae Rafinesque, 1815 (morays)
• Infraorder Congrales
  • Family Colocongridae 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 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. "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 8 November 2024.