[2] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891.

[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from southern Canada to Chile, in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

It dwells at a depth range of 152–1,050 metres (499–3,445 ft).

Males can reach a maximum total length of 100 centimetres (39 in).

[2] This Anguilliformes article is a stub.