Corythoichthys amplexus Dawson & Randall 1975

Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean & White, William T., 2019, Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records, Zootaxa 4588 (1), pp. 1-360 : 92

Corythoichthys amplexus Dawson & Randall 1975 —Brown-banded pipefish

Status at New Ireland. New record, based on a specimen photographed at Lissenung Island by Dietmar Amon on 11 Oct. 2007.

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2.—General distribution: Seychelles east to Fiji and Samoa, north to Philippines, south to Queensland ( Australia). Found on brain corals in lagoon and seaward coral reefs, 0–20 m depth. Marine.