最初命名為 Ophisternon aenigmaticum:
- Rosen, Donn E & P.H. Greenwood. 1976. "A fourth neotropical species of synbranchid eel and the phylogeny and systematics of synbranchiform fishes". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. (157):1-69 (ffm00346) (摘要)
保育: Ophisternon aenigmaticum 尚未被國際自然保育聯盟列入IUCN受威脅物種紅皮書名單中.