[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern Indian and western central Pacific Ocean, including India, Indonesia, the Straits of Malacca, northern Australia, and the Philippines.

[3][1] It is known to inhabit shallow, turbid estuaries, and to a lesser extent the deeper water over soft substrates.

[3] The angry worm eel (Skythrenchelys zabra) has a long, thin, brown body and lacks pectoral fins.

The species epithet "zabra" refers to the eel's ability to consume large prey.

[3] Due to its wide distribution and variety of habitats, the IUCN redlist currently lists the angry worm eel as Least Concern.