It is found around the
Falkland Islands and the
Burdwood Bank, with a single specimen also known from central
Chile, off the coast of
San Antonio. Although only 4 specimens have been caught, high densities of hagfish that are assumed to be this species have been recorded at depths of on surveys of the scavenging fauna of the
Patagonian Shelf. As it lives beyond the depth of major fishing trawlers in the region and there are no known direct threats to it, it is considered
Least Concern on the
IUCN Red List. The complete
mitogenome of this species was analyzed for the first time in 2019. == References ==