Typová lokalita
Embudu Island, southern side, South Malé Atoll, Republic of Maldives, western Indian Ocean, depth 8-10 meters.
Původní popis
Randall, J. E. 2001. Five new Indo-Pacific gobiid fishes of the genus Coryphopterus. Zoological Studies v. 40 (no. 3): 206-225.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.