[1] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934.

[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from two specimens collected in the Macassar Strait, in the western central Pacific Ocean.

It is known to dwell at a depth of 672 metres (2,205 ft).

Males can reach a total length of 50 centimetres (20 in).

[1] This Anguilliformes article is a stub.