Classification Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish) Teleostei Elopomorpha Order Anguilliformes (true eels, gulpers) Suborder Anguilloidei Family Anguillidae (freshwater eels including American eel, important for food) Family Heterenchelyidae Family Moringuidae (worm eels) Family Xenocongridae (false morays) Family Muraenidae (morays) Family Myrocongridae Suborder Nemichthyoidei Family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels) Family Serrivomeridae (sawtooth snipe eels) Family Cyemidae (bobtail snipe eels) Suborder Congroidei Family Congridae (congers) Family Muraenesocidae (conger pikes) Family Nettastomatidae (witch eels) Family Nessorhamphidae (duckbilled eels) Family Derichthyidae (neck eels) Family Ophichthidae (snake eels) Family Macrocephenchelyidae Suborder Synaphobranchoidei Family Synaphobranchidae Family Simenchelyidae (parasitic eels) Family Dysommidae\n