Original description as Muraena rostrata:
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- Lesueur, Charles-Alexander. 1817. "A short description of five (supposed) new species of the genus Muraena, discovered by Mr. Le Sueur, in the year 1816". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 1(5):81-83 (ffm04547)
Synonyms (3):
- Anguilla blephura Rafinesque, 1817, with type locality at Southwestern shore of Long Island, New York, U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla chrisypa Rafinesque, 1817, with type locality at Lake George, Lake Champlain, and Hudson River above the Falls, U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Muraena argentea Lesueur, 1817, with type locality at Boston Harbor, Massachutsetts, U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Muraena bostoniensis Lesueur, 1817, with type locality at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Muraena macrocephala Lesueur, 1817, with type locality at Saratoga, New York; Philadelphia market, U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Muraena serpentina Lesueur, 1817, with type locality at Harbor of Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla laticanda Rafinesque, 1818, with type locality at Ohio River, Wabash River, Green River, etc., U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla aterrima Rafinesque, 1820, with type locality at Tennessee River, Cumberland River, U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla lutea Rafinesque, 1820, with type locality at Cumberland, Green and Licking rivers, U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla xanthomelas Rafinesque, 1820, with type locality at Ohio River, U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla tenuirostris DeKay, 1842, with type locality at New York, U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla cubana Kaup, 1856, with type locality at Cuba. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla macrops Kaup, 1856, with type locality at No locality. Determiner: Ferraris, 2003
- Anguilla novaeorleanensis Kaup, 1856, with type locality at New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla novaeterrae Kaup, 1856, with type locality at Newfoundland, Canada. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla punctatissima Kaup, 1856, with type locality at Niagara Falls, U.S.A. and Canada. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla texana Kaup, 1856, with type locality at Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla wabashensis Kaup, 1856, with type locality at Wabash River, tributary of Ohio River, U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla tyrannus Girard, 1858, with type locality at Mouth of Rio Grande del Norte (Rio Bravo), Texas, U.S.A. Determiner: Ege, 1939
- Leptocephalus grassii Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902, with type locality at Atlantic, Albatross station 2103, 38°47'20. Determiner: Smith, 1989
Conservation: Anguilla rostrata is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EN) endangered (2013).