True Eels
Anguilliformes
An eel is a ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (/æŋˈɡwɪlɪfɔːrmiːz/), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage, and most are predators.
5 branches of this order, most-observed first · about 1,079 known species
Muraenoidei
suborderMuraenoidei
Congroidei
suborderCongroidei
Anguilloidei
suborderAnguilloidei
Synaphobranchoidei
suborderSynaphobranchoidei
False Morays
familyChlopsidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47314.