Suborders and Families
Suborder Anguilloidei
- Anguillidae (freshwater eels)
- Chlopsidae (false morays)
- Heterenchelyidae (mud eels)
- Moringuidae (spaghetti eels)
- Muraenidae (moray eels)
- Myrocongridae (thin eels)
- Protanguillidae
Suborder Congroidei
- Colocongridae (worm eels)
- Congridae (congers)
- Including Macrocephenchelyidae
- Derichthyidae (longneck eels)
- Including Nessorhamphidae
- Muraenesocidae (pike congers)
- Nettastomatidae (duckbill eels)
- Ophichthidae (snake eels)
Suborder Nemichthyoidei
- Nemichthyidae (snipe eels)
- Serrivomeridae (sawtooth eels)
Suborder Synaphobranchoidei
- Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels)
- Including Dysommidae, Nettodaridae, and Simenchelyidae
In some classifications the family Cyematidae of bobtail snipe eels is included in the Anguilliformes, but in the FishBase system that family is included in the order Saccopharyngiformes.
The electric eel of South America is not a true eel, but is more closely related to the Carp and catfishes.
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