[1] It was described by Luiz Vieria Caldas Saldanha and Nigel Merrett in 1982.

[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the northeastern and southeastern Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean.

It dwells at a depth range 580 to 2,070 metres (1,900 to 6,790 ft), and inhabits the continental shelf.

Males can reach a maximum total length of 79.2 centimetres (31.2 in).

[3] Its diet consists primarily of galatheid crustaceans.