最初的描述(命名) :
- Schrank, F.von P.. 1798. "Fauna Boica". Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baieren einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Nürnberg. 1:1-720 (ffm04546)
已描述(命名)的物種包括 (21):
有效: 1 同義字: 20- Muraena rostrata Lesueur, 1817 (有效)
- Muraena argentea Lesueur, 1817 (同義字)
- Anguilla blephura Rafinesque, 1817 (同義字)
- Muraena bostoniensis Lesueur, 1817 (同義字)
- Anguilla chrisypa Rafinesque, 1817 (同義字)
- Muraena macrocephala Lesueur, 1817 (同義字)
- Muraena serpentina Lesueur, 1817 (同義字)
- Anguilla laticanda Rafinesque, 1818 (同義字)
- Anguilla aterrima Rafinesque, 1820 (同義字)
- Anguilla lutea Rafinesque, 1820 (同義字)
- Anguilla xanthomelas Rafinesque, 1820 (同義字)
- Anguilla tenuirostris DeKay, 1842 (同義字)
- Anguilla cubana Kaup, 1856 (同義字)
- Anguilla macrops Kaup, 1856 (同義字)
- Anguilla novaeorleanensis Kaup, 1856 (同義字)
- Anguilla novaeterrae Kaup, 1856 (同義字)
- Anguilla punctatissima Kaup, 1856 (同義字)
- Anguilla texana Kaup, 1856 (同義字)
- Anguilla wabashensis Kaup, 1856 (同義字)
- Anguilla tyrannus Girard, 1858 (同義字)
- Leptocephalus grassii Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902 (同義字)