Anguilliformes

The Anguilliformes (true eels) are an order of bony fishes.

Classification

• Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish)
  • Teleostei
    • Elopomorpha
      • Order Anguilliformes (true eels, gulpers)
        • Suborder Anguilloidei
          • Family Anguillidae (freshwater eels including American eel, important for food)
          • Family Heterenchelyidae
          • Family Moringuidae (worm eels)
          • Family Xenocongridae (false morays)
          • Family Muraenidae (morays)
          • Family Myrocongridae
        • Suborder Nemichthyoidei
          • Family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels)
          • Family Serrivomeridae (sawtooth snipe eels)
          • Family Cyemidae (bobtail snipe eels)
        • Suborder Congroidei
          • Family Congridae (congers)
          • Family Muraenesocidae (conger pikes)
          • Family Nettastomatidae (witch eels)
          • Family Nessorhamphidae (duckbilled eels)
          • Family Derichthyidae (neck eels)
          • Family Ophichthidae (snake eels)
          • Family Macrocephenchelyidae
        • Suborder Synaphobranchoidei
          • Family Synaphobranchidae
          • Family Simenchelyidae (parasitic eels)
          • Family Dysommidae\n