Muraenoidei
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| Mediterranean moray, Muraena helena | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Suborder: | Muraenoidei Fitzinger, 1832[1] |
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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.
Families
The Muraenoidei contains the following three families:[2]
- 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)
References
- ^ Thomas J. Near; Christine E. Thacker. "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1): 3–302. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101.
- ^ "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
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