Typový druh
Haptenchelys texis Robins & Martin, 1976.
Původní popis
Robins C. H. & Robins C. R. 1976. New genera and species of dysommine and synaphobranchine eels (Synaphobranchidae) with an analysis of the Dysomminae. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 127. 249-280.