Congroidei

 ( Eels ) 

Congroidei is a suborder of Actinopterygii belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels. These eels are mostly Marine life, although a few species of snake eel will enter freshwater, and they are found in tropical and temperate waters throughout the world.

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Families and subfamiles Congroidei contains the following extant families and Subfamily:

• Family Colocongridae D. G. Smith, 1976 (shorttail eels)
• Family Derichthyidae Theodore Gill, 1884 (longneck eels or narrowneck eels)
• Family Ophichthidae Günther, 1870 (snake eels and worm eels)
• Subfamily Myrophinae Kaup, 1856 (worm eels)
• Subfamily Ophichthidae 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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