Muraenoidei

Muraenoidei
Mediterranean moray, Muraena helena
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Suborder:	Muraenoidei
Families
Heterenchelyidae Myrocongridae Muraenidae

Muraenoidei is a suborder of eels in the order Anguilliformes which contains the following three families:^[1]

• Heterenchelyidae (Mud eels)
• Myrocongridae (Thin eels)
• Muraenidae (Moray eels)

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Eels

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Subphylum: Vertebrata
• Class: Actinopterygii
• Superorder: Elopomorpha

Families by suborder

Protanguilloidei	Protanguillidae
Synaphobranchoidei	Synaphobranchidae (Cutthroat eels)
Muraenoidei	Heterenchelyidae (Mud eels) Myrocongridae (Thin eels) Muraenidae (Moray eels)
Chlopsoidei	Chlopsidae (False morays)
Congroidei	Congridae (Congers) Derichthyidae (Longneck eels) Muraenesocidae (Pike congers) Nettastomatidae (Duckbill eels) Ophichthidae (Snake eels)
Moringuoidei	Moringuidae (Spaghetti eels)
Saccopharyngoidei	Eurypharyngidae (Pelican eels) Saccopharyngidae (Gulper eels) Monognathidae (Onejaws) Cyematidae (Bobtail snipe eels)
Anguilloidei	Anguillidae (Freshwater eels) Nemichthyidae (Snipe eels) Serrivomeridae (Sawtooth eels)

As food	Eel (food) Anago Eel pie Jellied eels Kabayaki Eel noodles Unadon
Related topics	Eel life history Eel ladder Ely Eel Day Eel pot Glass eels Leptocephalus (larvae) Abaia Eel cuddling Sina and the Eel Sniggle

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