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)
Author
Fricke, Ronald
Lauda-Königshofen, Germany; & Department of Zoology, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
text
Journal of Natural History
2016
2016-08-10
50
3003
3028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1210690
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2016.1210690
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Synchiropus stellatus
Smith, 1963
Starry dragonet
Synchiropus stellatus
Smith, 1963: 559
, pl.
85, figs A, B (
Pinda
,
Mozambique
;
holotype
:
SAIAB 167
)
.
Distribution and habitat.
South Africa
(Zululand; Natal);
Mozambique
;
Comores
;
Réunion
;
Mauritius
;
Cargados Carajos
/St Brandon’ s Shoals; Amirantes;
Seychelles
;
Oman
;
Maldives
;
Sri Lanka
. Sand and rubble,
7–
23 m
.