Muraenoidei

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Muraenoidei
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Muraenales represented by a Mediterranean moray, (Muraena helena)
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Congrales, represented by a darkfin pike eel (Muraenesox cinereus)
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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]

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.