| Anguilloidei | |
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| American eel,Anguilla rostrata | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Suborder: | Anguilloidei Bleeker, 1859[1] |
| Families | |
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Anguilloidei is asuborder ofray-finned fishes belonging to theorderAnguilliformes, the eels.
The Anguilloidei contains the following families:[2]
This suborder historically included several other families that have recently been moved to new suborders:Chlopsidae (false morays),Heterenchelyidae (mud eels),Muraenidae (moray eels), andMyrocongridae (thin eels).[3]
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