Anguilloidei is a suborder of ray-finned fisheses belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels.

Families

The Anguilloidei contains the following families:

• Moringuidae Gill, 1885 (spaghetti eels)

• Anguillidae Rafinesque, 1810 (freshwater eels)

• Nemichthyidae Kaup. 1859 (snipe eels or threadtail snipe eels)

• Serrivomeridae Trewavas, 1932 (sawtooth eels)

• Cyematidae Regan, 1912 (bobtail eels)

• Monognathidae Trewavas, 1937 (onejaw gulpers)

• Neocyematidae Poulsen, M. J. Miller, Sado, Hanel, Tsukamoto & Miya, 2018 (orange bobtail eels)

• Eurypharyngidae Gill, 1883 (gulper eels or pelican eels)

• Saccopharyngidae Bleeker, 1859 (swallower eels or whiptail gulpers)

This suborder historically included several other families that have recently been moved to new suborders: Chlopsidae (false morays), Heterenchelyidae (mud eels), Muraenidae (moray eels), and Myrocongridae (thin eels).

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