Typový druh
Muraenichthys labialis Seale, 1917.
Původní popis
McCosker J. E. 1970. A review of the eel genera Leptenchelys and Muraenichthys, with the descriptions of a new genus, Schismorhynchus, and a new species Muraenichthys chilensis. Pac. Sci. v. 24 (no. 4). 506-516.