Typový druh
Diaphenchelys pelonates McCosker & Randall, 2007.
Původní popis
McCosker, J.E. & Randall, J.E. 2007. A New Genus and Species of Mud-Dwelling Moray Eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Indonesia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, 58 (suppl): 469-476.