Muraenoidei is a suborder of mainly marine ray-finned fishes velonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels. The eels in this suborder are distributed in the tropical and temperate seas around the world.
| Muraenoidei | |
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| Mediterranean moray, Muraena helena | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Suborder: | Muraenoidei Fitzinger, 1832[1] |
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Families
editThe Muraenoidei contains the following three families:[2]
- 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)
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.
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