[2] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1991.

[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Cape Tala and Madagascar, in the western Indian Ocean.

It dwells at a depth range of 260–405 metres.

[2] The species epithet honours ichthyologist Christine Karrer.

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