Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei

Anguilliformes

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Order group names

*Saccopharyngiformes*		synonym

Children

Anguillidae Rafinesque, 1810
Chlopsidae Rafinesque, 1815
Congridae Kaup, 1856
Cyematidae Regan, 1912
Derichthyidae Gill, 1884
Eurypharyngidae Gill, 1883
Heterenchelyidae Regan, 1912
Monognathidae Trewavas, 1937
Muraenesocidae Kaup, 1859
Muraenidae Rafinesque, 1815
Nemichthyidae Kaup, 1859
Nettastomatidae Kaup, 1859
Ophichthidae Günther, 1870
Saccopharyngidae Bleeker, 1859
Serrivomeridae Trewavas, 1932
Synaphobranchidae Johnson, 1862

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: palingen sources: de Ruijter, E.; Schoenmaker, A. (Ed.) (1989). Zeeboek [The sea book]. 2nd revised ed. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij JBU / Stichting Uitgeverij KNNV: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5107-007-1. 238 pp.

German: aale sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Japanese: ウナギ目 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: ålartade fiskar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Вугреподібні

Literature

basis of record	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
taxonomy source	Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Anguilliformes. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:10295

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Anguilliformes. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/fb54f7e0-0008-4b00-a036-7597c342fcaa