order Anguilliformes

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

order Anguilliformes - elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reducedAnguilliformes, order Apodesanimal order - the order of animalsMalacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii - an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rayseel - voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral finsAnguillidae, family Anguillidae - eels that live in fresh water as adults but return to the sea to spawnfamily Muraenidae, Muraenidae - marine eelsCongridae, family Congridae - marine eels