Erstbeschreibung:
- Schrank, F.von P.. 1798. "Fauna Boica". Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baieren einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Nürnberg. 1:1-720 (ffm04546)
Beschriebene Art eingefügt (21):
valide: 1 Synonym: 20- Muraena rostrata Lesueur, 1817 (valide)
- Muraena argentea Lesueur, 1817 (Synonym)
- Anguilla blephura Rafinesque, 1817 (Synonym)
- Muraena bostoniensis Lesueur, 1817 (Synonym)
- Anguilla chrisypa Rafinesque, 1817 (Synonym)
- Muraena macrocephala Lesueur, 1817 (Synonym)
- Muraena serpentina Lesueur, 1817 (Synonym)
- Anguilla laticanda Rafinesque, 1818 (Synonym)
- Anguilla aterrima Rafinesque, 1820 (Synonym)
- Anguilla lutea Rafinesque, 1820 (Synonym)
- Anguilla xanthomelas Rafinesque, 1820 (Synonym)
- Anguilla tenuirostris DeKay, 1842 (Synonym)
- Anguilla cubana Kaup, 1856 (Synonym)
- Anguilla macrops Kaup, 1856 (Synonym)
- Anguilla novaeorleanensis Kaup, 1856 (Synonym)
- Anguilla novaeterrae Kaup, 1856 (Synonym)
- Anguilla punctatissima Kaup, 1856 (Synonym)
- Anguilla texana Kaup, 1856 (Synonym)
- Anguilla wabashensis Kaup, 1856 (Synonym)
- Anguilla tyrannus Girard, 1858 (Synonym)
- Leptocephalus grassii Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902 (Synonym)