[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert and Frank Cramer in 1897, originally under the genus Promyllantor.

[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.

It dwells at a depth range of 388–640 metres.

Males can reach a maximum total length of 25.3 centimetres.

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