The Anguilliformes (true eels) are an order of bony fishes.
Classification
- Order Anguilliformes (true eels, gulpers)
- Suborder Anguilloidei
- Family Anguillidae (freshwater eels including American eel, important for food)
- Family Heterenchelyidae
- Family Moringuidae (worm eels )
- Family Xenocongridae (false morays )
- Family Muraenidae (moray eels)
- Family Myrocongridae
- Suborder Nemichthyoidei
- Family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels )
- Family Serrivomeridae (sawtooth snipe eels )
- Family Cyemidae (bobtail snipe eels )
- Suborder Congroidei
- Family Congridae (congers)
- Family Muraenesocidae (conger pikes )
- Family Nettastomatidae (witch eels )
- Family Nessorhamphidae (duckbilled eels )
- Family Derichthyidae (neck eels )
- Family Ophichthidae (snake eels )
- Family Macrocephenchelyidae
- Suborder Synaphobranchoidei
- Family Synaphobranchidae
- Family Simenchelyidae (parasitic eels )
- Family Dysommidae
