Callionymidae

Seychelles dragonet

Synchiropus sechellensis

Callionymid Fish Reaching Three Point Eight Centimeters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• South Asia
• West Asia
• Small
• Tropical fish

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. 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).