Typový druh
Protanguilla palau Johnson, Ida & Sakaue 2012.
Původní popis
Johnson, G. D., Ida, H., Sakaue, J., Sado, T., Asahida, T. & Miya, M., 2012. A 'living fossil' eel (Anguilliformes: Protanguillidae, fam. nov.) from an undersea cave in Palau. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: [1-11] 934-943.
Použitá literatura
- Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds) 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web electronic publication.