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Congroidei 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 553143

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Suborder  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderElopomorpha   
                            OrderAnguilliformes  – eels, anguilles  
                               SuborderCongroidei   
    Direct Children:  
                                  FamilyColocongridae  – colocongrids 
                                  FamilyCongridae  – conger eels, congers, congres, congrios 
                                  FamilyDerichthyidae  – longneck eels 
                                  FamilyMuraenesocidae  – false conger eels, pike congers, congrios picudos, congres-brochets 
                                  FamilyNemichthyidae  – snipe eels, anguilas tijera, poissons-avocettes 
                                  FamilyNettastomatidae  – duckbill eels, serpentinas, anguilles à bec de canard 
                                  FamilyOphichthidae  – worm eels, snake eels, serpents de mer, tiesos 
                                  FamilySerrivomeridae  – sawtooth eels 
                                  FamilySynaphobranchidae  – cutthroat eels, deepsea eels, anguilles égorgées, anguilas branquias bajas 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Bruce B. Collette   
  Notes: Senior Scientist, National Systematics Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service; Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Congroidei    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Congroidei   
       

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