WoRMS taxon details
Anguilliformes
Saccopharyngiformes · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Family Anguillidae Rafinesque, 1810
- Family Chlopsidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Colocongridae Smith, 1976
- Family Congridae Kaup, 1856
- Family Cyematidae Regan, 1912
- Family Derichthyidae Gill, 1884
- Family Eurypharyngidae Gill, 1883
- Family Heterenchelyidae Regan, 1912
- Family Monognathidae Trewavas, 1937
- Family Moringuidae Gill, 1885
- Family Muraenesocidae Kaup, 1859
- Family Muraenidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Myrocongridae Gill, 1890
- Family Nemichthyidae Kaup, 1859
- Family Neocyematidae Poulsen, Miller, Sado, Hanel, Tsukamoto & Miya, 2018
- Family Nettastomatidae Kaup, 1859
- Family Ophichthidae Günther, 1870
- Family Protanguillidae Johnson, Ida & Miya, 2012
- Family Saccopharyngidae Bleeker, 1859
- Family Serrivomeridae Trewavas, 1932
- Family Synaphobranchidae Johnson, 1862
- Family Nettastomidae Kaup, 1859 accepted as Nettastomatidae Kaup, 1859
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Anguilliformes. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10295 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | palingenalen [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | aale | [details] |
| Japanese | フウセンウナギ目 [from synonym]ウナギ目 | [details] |
| Swedish | ålartade fiskar | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Вугреподібні | [details] |
