It was discovered in deeper waters in the Indo-West Pacific region by a team of marine biologists from the United States, Spain, and Taiwan.

E. boweni also has a protruding lower jaw, black tip on the top of the tail fin and larger snout length than that of E.

[4] Genetic samples of E. boweni have also been collected from Seychelles, Christmas Island, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa.

From 2016 to present, E. boweni has been in the 50 most abundant species found in the deepwater demersal fisheries of Southern Indonesia.

[5] Catch data suggests that the majority of E. boweni caught have not had the opportunity to reproduce or reach maturity before capture.