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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Suborder: | Salamandroidea |
| Family: | Amphiumidae Gray, 1825 [1] |
| Genus: | Amphiuma Garden, 1821 |
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Amphiuma is a genus of aquatic salamanders from the United States,[2] the only extant genus within the family Amphiumidae /æmfɪˈjuːmɪdiː/.[3] They are colloquially known as amphiumas.[2] They are also known to fishermen as "conger eels" or "Congo snakes", which are zoologically incorrect designations or misnomers, since amphiumas are actually salamanders (and thus amphibians), and not fish, nor reptiles and are not from Congo. Amphiuma exhibits one of the largest complements of DNA in the living world, around 25 times more than a human.[4]
- ^ J. Alan Holman (2006). Fossil Salamanders of North America. Life of the past. Indiana University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-253-34732-9.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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Frost-Amphiumidaewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Junk DNA and the Onion Test" Archived 2012-09-14 at archive.today 1 June 2008.