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Anguilliformes 
AphiaID: 10295

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor: included in ERMS 1.1
Rank Order
Parent Actinopterygii
Source  basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch palingen  [details]
German aale  [details]
Swedish ålartade fiskar  [details]
Ukrainian Вугреподібні  [details]
Direct child
taxa
 Family Anguillidae
Family Anguilliformes incertae sedis
Family Chlopsidae
Family Colocongridae
Family Congridae
Family Derichthyidae
Family Derichtyidae
Family Heterenchelyidae
Family Moringuidae
Family Muraenesocidae
Family Muraenidae
Family Myrocongridae
Family Nemichthyidae
Family Nettastomatidae
Family Ophichthidae
Family Protanguillidae Johnson, Ida & Miya in Johnson, Ida, Sakaue, Sado, Asahida & Miya, 2011
Family Serrivomeridae
Family Synaphobranchidae

Family Dysommidae accepted as Ilyophinae
Family Xenocongridae accepted as Chlopsidae
Environment marine
Links To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To ITIS
Image 
Eel-like fishes of the St. Lawrence
Eel-like fishes of the St. Lawrence
added on 2010-11-16 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:10295
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Anguilliformes. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10295 on 2013-06-20
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