Anguilliformes

Classification
Ostéichthyen Anguilliforme Anguillidae Muraenidae Echidna Enchelycore Gymnothorax Muraena Rhinomuraena Siderea Strophidon Congridae Ophichthidae	Ostéichthyen Anguilliforme Anguillidae Muraenidae Congridae Bathymyrinae Ariosoma Congrinae Conger Heterocongrinae Gorgosia Heteroconger Ophichthidae	Ostéichthyen Anguilliforme Anguillidae Muraenidae Congridae Ophichthidae Myrophinae phhichthinae Apterichtus Brachysomophis Callechelys Myrichthys Ophichthus Pisodonophis
4 sous-ordres	20 familles	111 genres	>800 espèces

Ostéichthyen

Anguilliforme

Ostéichthyen

Anguilliforme

Ostéichthyen

Anguilliforme

4 sous-ordres

20 familles

111 genres

Références web
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Références web

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Description
serpentiforme (long and slender) usually no scales (or cycloid & incrustées) gill rakers gill openings usually narrow swim bladder present no pelviennes et qqx no pectorales 1 lg dorsale se terminant en caudale / 1 lg anale larval stage: pelagic, ribbon- or leaf-like larval stage called a 'leptocephalus' larva swim by generating body waves which travel the length of their bodies. They can swim backwards by reversing the direction of the wave
larva stage (Leptocephalus) of a conger 2003 by Uwe Kils (via Wikimedia Commons)

Classification Anguilliformes
1886 by Biodiversity Heritage Library (via Encyclopedia of Life)
	Anguillidae	freshwater eels
	Chlopsidae	false morays
	Colocongridae	short-tail eels
	congridae	conger & garden eels
	Derichthyidae	longneck eels
	Heterenchelyidae	mud eels
	Moringuidae	worm or spaghetti eels
	Muraenesocidae	pike conger
	Muraenidae	moray eels
	Myrocongridae	atlandic red eels
	Nemichthyidae	snipe eels
	Nettastomatidae	duckbill eels
	Ophchthidae	snake eels
	Serrivomeridae	sawtooth eels
	Synaphobranchidae	cutthroat eels

Etymologies		Source
Anguilliforme	latin [anguilla] = anguille + forma (aspect, look)	gaffiot
eel	old english (<indo-européen cognate) ael qui a donné latin [ang]uilla	wiki



Anguilles

Myrichthys colubrinus 2013 Hurghada ©mda (via INaturalist)	Callechely marmorata 2011 Hurghada ©mda (via INaturalist)	Myrichthys maculosus 2013 Hurghada ©mda (via INaturalist)


Myrichthys ocellatus 2005 Cuba by Fernando Herranz Martín (via Wikimedia Commons)	Pisodonophis cancrivorus 2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist)	Myrichthys breviceps 2008 Guadeloupe ©Thierry (via ozp/GooglePhotos)
Anguilles



Congres

Heteroconger longissimus 2016 Playa (Yucatan) ©mda (via INaturalist)	Conger conger 2015 Fabregas (La Seyne s/Mer) ©mda (via INaturalist)	Heteroconger hassi 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)
Congres



Murènes

Muraena helena 2012 Porquerolles ©mda (via INaturalist)	Gymnothorax javanicus 2012 Hurghada ©mda (via INaturalist)	Gymnothorax griseus 2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist)
Murènes

MàJ 13/03/2023