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Order: Osteoglossiformes (Bony Tongues)
Family: Notopteridae (Featherbacks or knifefishes)
Clown knifefish Chitala chitala
Bronze featherback Notopterus notopterus
Order: Elopiformes (Tarpons and Tenpounders)
Family: Elopidae (Tenpounders and ladyfishes)
Tenpounder Elops machnata
Family: Megalopidae (Tarpons)
Indo-Pacific tarpon Megalops cyprinoides
Order: Albuliformes (Bone Fishes) Family: Albulidae
(Bonefishes) Roundjaw Bonefish Albula glossodonta
Order: Anguilliformes (Eels and Morays)
Family: Anguillidae (Freshwater eels)
Indian mottled eel Anguilla bengalensis
Indonesian shortfin eel Anguilla bicolor
Mottled eel Anguilla nebulosa
Family: Moringuidae (Worm and spaghetti eels)
Moringua macrocephalus
Purple spaghetti eel Moringua raitaborua
Family: Muraenidae (Moray eels)
Freshwater moray Gymnothorax tile
Family: Ophichthidae (Snake eels and worm eels)
Finny snake eel Caecula pterygera
Rice paddy eel Pisodonophis boro
Greenspot snake eel Pisodonophis hijala
Maimed snake eel Muraenichthys schultzei
Family: Muraenesocidae (Pike conger eels)
Yellow pike conger Congresox talabon
Indian pike conger Congresox talabonoides
Common pike conger Muraenesox bagio
Daggertooth pike conger Muraenesox cinereus
8 Mangroves: A Reservoir of Biodiversity