The Coelorinchus gormani lives in the bathydemersal, marine, depth range 200 - 700 m , usually 250 - 550 m environment.
Graham, Coelorinchus gormani has previously been confused with Coelorinchus parvifasciatus McMillan & Paulin, 1993. C. gormani occurs in south-eastern Australia and C. parvifasciatus is restricted to New Zealand. References to C. parvifasciatus from Australia therefore probably refer to C. More