Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Anguilliformes - holobřiší
Čeleď: Congridae - úhořovcovití

Synonyma: Anguilla conger (Linnaeus, 1758); Anguilla obtusa Swainson, 1839; Conger communis Costa, 1844; Conger niger (Risso, 1810); Conger rubescens Ranzani, 1840; Conger verus Risso, 1827; Conger vulgaris Yarrell, 1832; Leptocephalus candidissimus Costa, 1832; Leptocephalus conger (Linnaeus, 1758); Leptocephalus gussoni Cocco, 1829; Leptocephalus inaequalis Facciolà, 1883; Leptocephalus lineatus Bonnaterre, 1788; Leptocephalus morrisii Gmelin, 1789; Leptocephalus pellucidus (Couch, 1832); Leptocephalus spallanzani Risso, 1810; Leptocephalus stenops Kaup, 1856; Leptocephalus vitreus Kölliker, 1853; Muraena conger Linnaeus, 1758; Muraena nigra Risso, 1810; Ophidium pellucidum Couch, 1832; Ophisoma obtusa (Swainson, 1839).

Typová lokalita: Evropská moře.

Reference: Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.