Callionymidae (Dragonets) |
3.8 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
demersal; marine; depth range 34 - 68 m |
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea (Gulf of Suez); Gulf of Aden; Somalia; Seychelles; Maldives; East Coral Sea (Chesterfield Islands; Banc du Sable); New Caledonia (Grande Terre Group). Mediterranean Sea (Turkey, as Lessepsian migrant); |
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Benthic fishes found on sandy or muddy substrates, among weeds and in coral reefs from tide pools and the surf zone (Ref. 96610). |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 24 March 2022 Ref. (130435)
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harmless |
Type locality of Synchiropus sechellensis and S. altivelisRegan 1908 (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 75992. |
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