Typová lokalita
Punta Patiña, at the mouth of the Golfo de San Miguel, 8°12.36'N, 78°19.58'W, Darien Province, Pacific Panama, depth 5-10 meters.
Původní popis
McCosker, J. E. & Robertson, D. R. 2001. Aplatophis zorro, a new species of eastern Pacific snake-eel, with comments on New World ophichthid distributions (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. v. 49 (Suppl. 1): 13-19.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.