Anguilliformes

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Anguilliforme

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes

Families
Many: see text

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

Classification

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 (moray eels)
  - 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