Congroidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels. These eels are mostly marine, although a few species of snake eel will enter freshwater, and they are found in tropical and temperate waters throughout the world.
Congroidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Anguilliformes, the eels. These eels are mostly marine, although a few species of snake eel will enter freshwater, and they are found in tropical and temperate waters throughout the world.
==Families and subfamiles== Congroidei contains the following extant families and subfamilies: Family Colocongridae D. G. 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 J. E. Böhlke, 1949 Subfamily Heterocongrinae Günther, 1870 (garden eels)
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