Typová lokalita
Gavuvu River, western New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Původní popis
Haÿ, V., Mennesson, M. I., Keith, P. & Lord, C. 2022. A new species of freshwater pipefish (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Coelonotus) from Papua New Guinea. Cybium v. 45 (no. 4) [Dec. 2021]: 275-282.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.