| Valid name | Apterichthus |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Zool. analyt.: 331 |
| Synonym | Apterichthus Duméril, 1806 |
| Synonym | Branderius Rafinesque, 1815, Analyse nat.: 93, nomen nudum. |
| Synonym | Type: Caecilia branderiana Lacepède, 1800, substitute name for Muraena caeca Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy. |
| Synonym | Verma Jordan and Evermann, 1896, Gender: F; Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 47: 374 (type: Sphagebranchus kendalli Gilbert, |
| Synonym | Typhlotes Fischer, 1813, Zoogn., 3rd ed., 1: 75-81, substitute for Caecilia Lacepede, preoccupied . |
| Synonym | Caecilia Lacepède, 1800, Hist. nat. Poiss., 2: 134 (type: C. branderiana Lacepede, 1800 = Muraena caeca Lin |
| Synonym | Ophisurapus Kaup, 1856, Arch. Naturg., 22: 52 (type: O. gracilis Kaup, 1856, by monotypy, no locality); misprinted |