Synchiropus sechellensis
Synchiropus sechellensis, the Seychelles dragonet, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a dragonet from the family Callionymidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea south through the Gulf of Aden to the [Seychelles]] and the Maldives and east into the Pacific Ocean as far as New Caledonia. It has also colonised the eastern Mediterraean Sea by Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal.[1] This species was first formally described by Charles Tate Regan in 1908 with the type locality given as Seychelles.[2]
| Synchiropus sechellensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Callionymiformes |
| Family: | Callionymidae |
| Genus: | Synchiropus |
| Species: | S. sechellensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Synchiropus sechellensis Regan, 1908 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Synchiropus altivelis Regan, 1908 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Synchiropus sechellensis" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Synchiropus sechellensis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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