Synbranchiformes
| Synbranchiformes | |
|---|---|
| Monopterus albus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Synbranchiformes Berg, 1940 |
| Type species | |
| Synbranchus marmoratus Bloch, 1795 | |
| 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.