| Synbranchiformes | |
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| Monopterus albus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Synbranchiformes Berg, 1940[1] |
| Type species | |
| Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch, 1795[2]
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| Families | |
Synbranchiformes, often called swamp eels, though that name can also refer specifically to Synbranchidae, is an order of ray-finned fishes that are eel-like but have spiny rays, indicating that they belong to the superorder Acanthopterygii.
- ^ Robert A. Travers (1985). "A review of the Mastacembeloidei, a suborder of Synbranchoform teleost fish Part 2: Phylogenetic analysis". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 47: 83–151.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Synbranchus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 November 2019.