Typový druh
Skythrenchelys zabra Castle & McCosker, 1999..
Původní popis
Castle, P. H. J. & McCosker, J. E., 1999. A new genus and two new species of Myrophine worm-eels, with comments on Muraenichthys and Scolecenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Records of the Australian Museum v. 51 (nos 2-3): 113-122.