Original description as Pluto infernalis:
ZooBank:A0D27CC1-769E-4C89-8169-BE6A7490E38D.
- Hubbs, Carl Leavitt. 1938. "Fishes from the caves of Yucatan". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications. (491):261-295 (ffm00347)
Conservation: Ophisternon infernale is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (EN) endangered (1996).