[2] It was described by Albert William Herre in 1953.

[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Philippines, in the western central Pacific Ocean.

Males can reach a maximum standard length of 30.8 centimetres (12.1 in).

[2] Named in honor of botanist Edwin Bingham Copeland (1873-1964), who was a founder of the Philippine College of Agriculture.

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