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Teleostei (teleosts) > Callionymiformes (Dragonets) > Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Etymology: Synchiropus: Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, cheir = hand + Greek, pous = foot (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Pallas.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 30 m (Ref. 9710), usually 1 - 30 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 30°N - 15°S

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Pacific Ocean: from Indonesia to the Pitcairn Group; north to Japan; south to Australia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 90102)

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Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-10; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. Identified by starry pattern on body and males by dorsal fin (Ref. 48636).

Inhabits sandy areas of lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602); in sheltered rocky reef habitats in few meters depth, usually in small loose groups (Ref. 48636). Occurs in rubble and algal turfs (Ref. 90102) and tidepools (Ref. 111072). Feeds on small benthic invertebrates (Ref. 89972).

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Fricke, R., 2016. Synchiropus novaehiberniensis, a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with a review of subgenus Synchiropus (Neosynchiropus) and description of a new subgenus (Teleostei: Callionymidae). J. Nat. Hist. (Ref. 111072)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 March 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Aquarium: commercial

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Synchiropus ocellatus (Pallas, 1770)