[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Bradley Moore Davis in 1891.

[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including Florida, USA, the Gulf of Mexico and Puerto Rico.

It dwells at a depth range of 90 to 200 meters (300 to 660 ft), and inhabits sand and mud substrates.

Males can reach a maximum total length of 76 centimeters (30 in).

[3] This Ophichthidae article is a stub.