PaleoDB taxon number: 35343
Synonym: Apodes Latreille 1804 (taxon 106737)
Parent taxon: Elopomorpha according to R. Betancur-R et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Albuliformes, Elopiformes, Megalopiformes, Naiathaelon, Notacanthiformes, Saccopharygiformes, Saccopharyngiformes
Subtaxa: Anguilla, Anguillavus, Anguillidae, Anguilloidei, Anguilloididae, Archencheli, Bolcanguilla, Brannerion, Carencheli, Casierius, Chlopsidae, Colocephali, Congermuraena, Congridae, Congroidei, Deprandus, Dinelops, Echelidae, Enchelion, Enchelycephali, Eodiaphyodus, Eomuraena, Eomyrophis, Eomyrus, Eurypharyngidae, Gazolapodus, Hajulia, Hoplunnis, Japonoconger, Lemkea, Leptocephalus, Libanechelyidae, Luenchelys, Lyomeri, Mastygocercus, Micromyrus, Milananguillidae, Muraena, Muraenesocidae, Muraenidae, Mylomyrus, Myroconger, Mystriophis, Nemichthyidae, Nettastoma, Ophichthidae, Ophisurus, Palaeomyrus, Panturichthys, Paranguillidae, Parechelus, Patavichthyidae, Pisodonophis, Proserrivomer, Proteomyridae, Pseudoxenomystax, Rhynchocymba, Saccopharyngidae, Scalanago, Serrivomeridae, Taenioconger, Urenchelyidae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore