Typový druh
Cirrimaxilla formosa Chen & Shao, 1995.
Původní popis
Chen, H.-M. and K.-T. Shao 1995. New eel genus, Cirrimaxilla, and description of the type species, Cirrimaxilla formosa (Pisces: Muraenidae) from southern Taiwan. Bull. Mar. Sci. v. 57 (no. 2): 328-332.