Anguilloidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels.
| Anguilloidei | |
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| American eel, Anguilla rostrata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Suborder: | Anguilloidei Bleeker, 1859[1] |
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Families
editThe Anguilloidei contains the following families:[2]
- 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).[3]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ 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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