Congroidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels. These eels are mostly marine, although a few species of snake eel will enter freshwater, and they are found in tropical and tempareate waters throughout the world.[2]
| Congroidei | |
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| European conger, Conger conger | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Suborder: | Congroidei Bleeker, 1864[1] |
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Families and subfamiles
editCongroidei contains the following extant families and subfamilies:[3][4]
- Family Colocongridae D. G. Smith, 1976 (shorttail eels)
- Family Derichthyidae Gill, 1884 (longneck eels or narrowneck eels)
- Family Ophichthidae Günther, 1870 (snake eels and worm eels)
- Subfamily Myrophinae Kaup, 1856 (worm eels)
- Subfamily Ophichthinae Günther, 1870 (snake eels)
- Family Muraenesocidae Kaup, 1859 (pike conger eels)
- Family Nettastomatidae Kaup, 1859 (duckbill eels)
- Family Congridae Kaup, 1856 (conger eels)
- Subfamily Congrinae Kaup, 1856 (congers)
- Subfamily Bathymyrinae J. E. Böhlke, 1949
- Subfamily Heterocongrinae Günther, 1870 (garden eels)
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.
- ^ Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 145–148. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN 2015037522. OCLC 951899884. OL 25909650M.
- ^ "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
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