Author: McCosker & Chen, 2000
FBname: Dark deepwater snake-eel
Comments: This species is captured by trawl over sand and muddy bottom between 36-1350 and observed from submersibles to be most abundant between 250-350 m, with only the heads exposed over sandy substrates or resting on the sediment with their bodies in S-shaped curves (Ref. 86730).  Mature females collected 48-62.8 cm TL (Ref. 40865).