[2] It was described by Jean-Claude Quéro and Luiz Vieria Caldas Saldanha in 1995.

[3] It is a marine, tropical eel, which is known from the Indian Ocean, including the Andaman Islands, Réunion, Mauritius, and the Comoros Islands.

It dwells at a depth range of 170 to 225 metres (558 to 738 ft), and forms large colonies consisting of hundreds of individual eels.

Males can reach a maximum total length of 75.1 centimetres (29.6 in).

[2] The fish is named in honor of German ichthyologist Wolfgang Klausewitz garden eel expert, who encouraged the authors to describe this species of eel.