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Chaudhuriidae  Annandale, 1918
Taxonomic Serial No.: 172699

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): earthworm eels [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2026   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderSynbranchiformes  – swamp eels  
                               SuborderMastacembeloidei  – spiny eels  
                                  FamilyChaudhuriidae Annandale, 1918 – earthworm eels  
    Direct Children:  
                                     GenusBihunichthys Kottelat and Lim, 1994  
                                     GenusChaudhuria Annandale, 1918  
                                     GenusChendol Kottelat and Lim, 1994  
                                     GenusGaro Yazdani and Talwar, 1981  
                                     GenusNagaichthys Kottelat and Lim in Kottelat, 1991  
                                     GenusPillaia Yazdani, 1972  
                                     GenusPillaiabrachia Britz, 2016  
       

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  Source: Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes, 12-Jan-2026, website (version 12-Jan-26)  
  Acquired: 2026   
  Notes: https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp   
  Reference for: Chaudhuriidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chaudhuriidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Chaudhuriidae   
       

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