[1] It was described by Chen Yu-Yun and Michael Hin-Kiu Mok in 2001.

[2] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Taiwan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

It dwells at a depth range of 100–150 metres.

Males can reach a maximum total length of 19.6 centimetres.

[1] The species epithet refers to the eel's long snout.