Considerado un sinónimo menor de Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
- Ege, V.. 1939. "A revision of the genus Anguilla Shaw. A systematic, phylogenetic and geographical study". Dana Report. (16):1-257 (ffm04550)
Descripción original como Anguilla punctatissima:
- Kaup, Johann Jakob. 1856. "Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum". Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. 1-163 (ffm04553)