[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Ernest Alexander McGregor in 1898.

[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Mexico, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.

[3][1] It inhabits shallow waters - at a maximum depth of 20 metres - and is found around rocks and sand.

Males can reach a maximum total length of 49.4 centimetres (19.4 in).

[3] Following an assessment carried out on 22 May 2007, due to a lack of known threats and a lack of observed population decline, the Clarion snake eel was listed in the IUCN redlist as Least Concern in 2010.