Muraenoidei

Muraenoidei is a suborder of mainly marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels. The eels in this suborder are distributed in the tropical and temperate seas around the world.

Muraenoidei
Muraenales represented by a Mediterranean moray, (Muraena helena)
Congrales, represented by a darkfin pike eel (Muraenesox cinereus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Suborder:	Muraenoidei Fitzinger, 1832[1]
Families
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Families

The Muraenoidei contains the following nine families:^[2]

• Infraorder Muraenales
  • Family Heterenchelyidae Regan, 1912 (mud eels)
  • Family Myrocongridae Gill, 1890 (myroconger eels)
  • Family Muraenidae Rafinesque, 1815 (moray eels)
    • Subfamily Uropterygiinae Fowler, 1925 (tailfin moray eels)
    • Subfamily Muraeninae Rafinesque, 1815 (morays)
• Infraorder Congrales
  • Family Colocongridae 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 Böhlke, 1949
    • Subfamily Heterocongrinae Günther, 1870 (garden eels)