[4] It was described by Charles Conrad Abbott in 1860, originally under the genus Pisodonophis.

[5] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including the Hawaiian Islands, the Leeward Islands, Johnston Island, and Midway Atoll.

It dwells at a depth range of 1 to 262 metres (3.3 to 859.6 ft), and inhabits crevices, sand and rocks.

Males can reach a maximum total length of 78 centimetres (31 in).

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