Synonyma
Branderius Rafinesque, 1815 ― Caecilia branderiana Lacepède, 1800
Rafinesque, C. S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme. 1-224.
Caecilia Lacepède, 1800 ― Caecilia branderiana Lacepède, 1800
Lacepède, B. G. E. 1800. Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20.
Ophisurapus Kaup, 1856 ― Ophisurapus gracilis Kaup, 1856
Kaup, J. J. 1856. Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (pt. 1): 41-77.
Typhlotes Fischer, 1813 ― Caecilia branderiana Lacepède, 1800
Fischer, G. 1813. Zoognosia, tabulis synopticis illustrata, in usum praelectionum Academiae Imperialis Medico-Chirurgicae Mosquensis edita. 3rd ed. v. 1: i-xii + 1-466, 8 pls.
Verma Jordan & Evermann, 1896 ― Sphagebranchus kendalli Gilbert, 1891
Jordan, D. S. & Evermann, B. W. 1896. The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I. Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47: i-lx + 1-1240.
Typový druh
Muraena caeca Linnaeus, 1758.
Původní popis
Duméril, A. M. C. 1805. Zoologie Analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux, rendue plus facile à l'aide de tableaux synoptiques. Librairie Allais, Paris. i-xxxiii + 1-344.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.