最初命名為 Muraena rostrata:
ZooBank:67695364-E772-44CD-97AE-CC9E1EFF768F.
- 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)
同種異名 (3):
- Anguilla blephura Rafinesque, 1817, 其模式產地在 Southwestern shore of Long Island, New York, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla chrisypa Rafinesque, 1817, 其模式產地在 Lake George, Lake Champlain, and Hudson River above the Falls, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Muraena argentea Lesueur, 1817, 其模式產地在 Boston Harbor, Massachutsetts, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Muraena bostoniensis Lesueur, 1817, 其模式產地在 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Muraena macrocephala Lesueur, 1817, 其模式產地在 Saratoga, New York; Philadelphia market, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Muraena serpentina Lesueur, 1817, 其模式產地在 Harbor of Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla laticanda Rafinesque, 1818, 其模式產地在 Ohio River, Wabash River, Green River, etc., U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla aterrima Rafinesque, 1820, 其模式產地在 Tennessee River, Cumberland River, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla lutea Rafinesque, 1820, 其模式產地在 Cumberland, Green and Licking rivers, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla xanthomelas Rafinesque, 1820, 其模式產地在 Ohio River, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla tenuirostris DeKay, 1842, 其模式產地在 New York, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla cubana Kaup, 1856, 其模式產地在 Cuba. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla macrops Kaup, 1856, 其模式產地在 No locality. 鑑定者: Ferraris, 2003
- Anguilla novaeorleanensis Kaup, 1856, 其模式產地在 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla novaeterrae Kaup, 1856, 其模式產地在 Newfoundland, Canada. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla punctatissima Kaup, 1856, 其模式產地在 Niagara Falls, U.S.A. and Canada. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla texana Kaup, 1856, 其模式產地在 Texas, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla wabashensis Kaup, 1856, 其模式產地在 Wabash River, tributary of Ohio River, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Anguilla tyrannus Girard, 1858, 其模式產地在 Mouth of Rio Grande del Norte (Rio Bravo), Texas, U.S.A. 鑑定者: Ege, 1939
- Leptocephalus grassii Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902, 其模式產地在 Atlantic, Albatross station 2103, 38°47'20. 鑑定者: Smith, 1989
保育: Anguilla rostrata 被評鑑為國際自然保育聯盟瀕危物種紅皮書名單中的 (EN) 瀕危 (2013).