[2] It was described by Kiyomatsu Matsubara and Akira Ochiai in 1951, originally under the genus Arisoma.

[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

It dwells at a depth range of 300–535 metres.

Males can reach a maximum total length of 57 centimetres.

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