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)
- Anguillidae, 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
Category:Anguilliformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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