[3] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus Poecilophis.

[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Sri Lanka, Samoa, and Japan.

It inhabits coral reefs.

It can reach a maximum total length of 65 centimetres (26 in).

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