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Anguilloidei
American eel, Anguilla rostrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Suborder:	Anguilloidei Bleeker, 1859
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:

• 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).

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.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Superclass: Osteichthyes Class: Actinopterygii Superorder: Elopomorpha
Families Chlopsidae (False morays) Synaphobranchoidei Protanguillidae (Primitive cave eels) Synaphobranchidae (Cutthroat eels) Anguilloidei Moringuidae (Spaghetti eels) Anguillidae (Freshwater eels) Nemichthyidae (Snipe eels) Serrivomeridae (Sawtooth eels) Cyematidae (Bobtail eels) Monognathidae (Onejaws) Neocyematidae (Orange bobtail eels) Eurypharyngidae (Pelican eels) Saccopharyngidae (Gulper eels) Muraenoidei Heterenchelyidae (Mud eels) Myrocongridae (Thin eels) Muraenidae (Moray eels) Congroidei Colocongridae (Shorttail eels) Derichthyidae (Longneck eels) Ophichthidae (Snake eels) Muraenesocidae (Pike congers) Nettastomatidae (Duckbill eels) Congridae (Congers & garden eels) As food Eel (food) Anago Eel pie Jellied eels Kabayaki Eel noodles Unadon Related topics Eel life history Eel ladder Ely Eel Day Eel pot Glass eels Leptocephalus (larvae) Abaia Eel cuddling Sina and the Eel Sniggle
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