We found 2 definitions of anguilliformes from 2 different sources.
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anguilliformes - elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced | ||
order Anguilliformes, order Apodes | ||
animal order the order of animals | ||
malacopterygii, superorder malacopterygii an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays | ||
eel voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins | ||
anguillidae, family anguillidae eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawn | ||
family muraenidae, muraenidae marine eels |