[2] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1928, originally under the genus Muraenichthys.

[3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean.

It dwells at a depth range of 3 to 5 metres (9.8 to 16.4 ft), and inhabits pockets of sand in coral reefs.

Males can reach a maximum total length of 15.5 centimetres (6.1 in).

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