[2] It was described by John E. McCosker and Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin in 1995, originally under the genus Muraenichthys.

[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is endemic to the Nazca Ridge in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.

It is known to dwell at a depth of 310 metres (1,020 ft).

Males can reach a maximum total length of 33.4 centimetres (13.1 in).

[2] The species epithet "profundorum" means "of the depths" in Latin, and refers to the deep-water habitat of the eel.