[3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1864, originally under the genus Echelus.

[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Vietnam, Japan, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, and Australia.

It inhabits sandy sediments.

Males can reach a maximum total length of 39 centimetres (1 ft 3 in).

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