Anguilliformes

Translingual

Anguilla anguilla

Etymology

From Anguilla +‎ -iformes.

Proper noun

Anguilliformes

the eels
1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Elopomorpha.
2. A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei.[1]

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class[1]

Hyponyms

(order): Anguilloidei, Congroidei, Nemichthyoidei, Synaphobranchoidei (suborders)
- Chlopsidae, Colocongridae, Congridae, Cyematidae, Derichthyidae, Eurypharyngidae, Heterenchelyidae, Monognathidae, Moringuidae, Muraenesocidae, Muraenidae, Myrocongridae, Nemichthyidae, Nettastomatidae, Ophichthidae, Protanguillidae, Saccopharyngidae, Serrivomeridae, Synaphobranchidae - families[1]

References

Eel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anguilliformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anguilliformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anguilliformes at the Tree of Life Web Project

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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