Typový druh
Branchenchelys megacephala Tighe & Kodeeswaran, 2025.
Původní popis
Tighe, K. A. & Kodeeswaran, P. 2025. A new genus and species of ilyophine eel (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae) from the Arabian Sea, western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 5722 (no. 4): 555-569.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.