| Valid name | Anguilla |
| Synonym | Type: Muraena anguilla Linnaeus, 1758, by orig. design. |
| Synonym | Anguilla Schrank, 1798, |
| Synonym | Gender: F; Fauna Boica..., 1(2): 304 |
| Synonym | Tribranchus (Peters) Müller, 1844, Abh. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl.: 193 (type: Tribranchus anguillaris (Peters) Mül |
| Synonym | Terpolepis McClelland, 1844, J. nat. Hist. Calcutta, 5 (18): 225 (type: Anguilla brevirostris McClelland, 1844, by |