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Congroidei
Suborder of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 temperate waters throughout the world.[2]
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Families and subfamiles
Congroidei 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)
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