[4] They primarily live on soft bottoms in marine and brackish waters down to a depth of 800 m (2,600 ft), but may enter freshwater.

[4] Daggertooth pike congers occur in the Red Sea, on the coast of the northern Indian Ocean, and in the West Pacific from Indochina to Japan.

Daggertooth pike conger is a major commercial species, with annual catches reaching about 350,000 tonnes in recent years.

[8][9] It is also frequently canned and exported to Asian markets.As with other fish, the daggertooth pike conger harbours several species of parasites.

[10] Accumulations of eggs of the parasite are visible as 1–2mm black spots in the flesh of the fish.