Typový druh
Stictorhinus potamius Böhlke & McCosker, 1975.
Původní popis
Böhlke J. E. & McCosker J. E. 1975. The status of the ophichthid eel genera Caecula Vahl and Sphagebranchus Bloch, and the description of a new genus and species from fresh waters in Brazil. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 127 (no. 1). 1-11.