[1][2] It was described by Jørgen G. Nielsen and David G. Smith in 1978.

[3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the southwestern Atlantic, southern Indian, and the Pacific Ocean.

[1][2] They can reach a maximum total length of 55 centimetres.

[2] A. paucipora is of no commercial interest to fisheries.

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