Synchiropus sechellensis

Synchiropus altivelis Regan, 1908 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 to the Seychelles and the Maldives and east as far as New Caledonia.

[1] Following a likely introduction via the Suez Canal, it was first recorded in the Mediterranean Sea in 2014; where it is found on rare occasions from Alexandria (Egypt) to the Gulf of Antalya (Turkey).

[2] This species was first formally described by Charles Tate Regan in 1908 with the type locality given as Seychelles.

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