Typová lokalita
Milne Bay Province, on northern shore of East Cape at Lawadi, Papua New Guinea, 10°15.395'S, 150°41.975"E, depth 65 meters
Původní popis
Allen, G. R. & Erdmann, M. V. 2016. Asterropteryx profunda, a new species of goby (Pisces: Gobiidae) from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 22 (no. 4): 145-154.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.