Muraenoidei

 ( Eels ) 

Muraenoidei is a suborder of mainly Marine life Actinopterygii belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels. The eels in this suborder are distributed in the tropical and temperate seas around the world.

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Families The Muraenoidei contains the following nine families:

• Infraorder Muraenales
• Family Heterenchelyidae Regan, 1912 (mud eels)
• Family Myrocongridae Theodore Gill, 1890 (myroconger eels)
• Family Muraenidae Rafinesque, 1815 (moray eels)
• Subfamily Uropterygiinae Fowler, 1925 (tailfin moray eels)
• Subfamily Muraeninae Rafinesque, 1815 (morays)
• Infraorder Congroidei
• 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)

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