Eels – Anguilliformes
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Anguilliformes
Accepted name, MR.1
- Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & van der Laan, R. (eds) 2025. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp
LINK - van der Laan, R., Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. (eds) 2025. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Classification. California Academy of Sciences. https://www.calacademy.org/scientists/catalog-of-fishes-classification/
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Other names
Recommended common name
- ankeriaskalat (fi)
- ålartade fiskar (sv)
- Eels (en)
Taxon concept
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.53109
DNA barcode sequences
Experts
Risto Väinölä
Subordinate taxa
Freshwater eels
Anguillidae
Yes
51
Conger and garden eels
Congridae
Yes
0
First eels, Primitive cave eels
Protanguillidae
No
0
Cutthroat eels
Synaphobranchidae
No
0
Mud eels
Heterenchelyidae
No
0
Atlantic red eels
Myrocongridae
No
0
Moray eels
Muraenidae
No
1
False morays
Chlopsidae
No
0
Shorttail eels
Colocongridae
No
0
Longneck eels
Derichthyidae
No
0
Snake eels
Ophichthidae
No
0
Pike congers
Muraenesocidae
No
0
Duckbill eels
Nettastomatidae
No
0
Worm eels
Moringuidae
No
0
Snipe eels
Nemichthyidae
No
0
Sawtooth eels
Serrivomeridae
No
0