[5] It was described by John Roxborough Norman in 1939, originally under the genus Conger.

[6] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Australia, Fiji, Madagascar, Maldives (from which its species epithet is derived), New Caledonia, the Philippines, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.

It dwells at a depth range of 354–820 metres (1,161–2,690 ft).

It can reach a maximum standard length of 35.2 centimetres (13.9 in).

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