ຄີຫຼັງຂອງປາ (ຄີອ່ອນ) (ທັງໝົດ) : 312 - 354; ຄີກົ້ນຂອງປາ: 199 - 245; ສັດທີ່ມີກະດູກສັນຫຼັງ: 131 - 140. Dorsal fin rays anterior to anus 98-139; precaudal vertebrae 65-72 (usually 68-69); lateral line pores before anus 50-56 (Ref. 31334). Plain brown to black in color (Ref. 3973). Pectorals small (Ref. 31334).
Found on the continental slope and abyssal plain. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans, and squid (Ref. 31334).
Karmovskaya, E.S. and N.R. Merrett, 1998. Taxonomy of the deep-sea eel genus, Histiobranchus (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes), with notes on the ecology of H. bathybius in the eastern North Atlantic. J. Fish Biol. 53(5):1015-1037. (Ref. 31334)