[2] It is a marine, deep-water dwelling eel which is known from Senegal to the Gulf of Guinea in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.

It is known from a depth range of 270–600 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 90 cm.

[1] The diet of C. cadenati consists primarily of benthic crustaceans.

[3] The eel is named in honor of ichthyologist Jean Cadenat (1908-1992), who was the Director of the Marine Biological Section of the Institut Français d’Afrique Noire in Gorée, Senegal, who supplied the type specimen.

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