[2] It was described by John E. McCosker and John Ernest Randall in 1993.

[3] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from Taiwan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Males can reach a maximum total length of 22.8 centimetres.

[2] The fish is named in honor of Michael McDowell, an Australian tour operator, who has taken the describers to remote outposts in search of rare specimens.

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