sechellensis, Synchiropus Regan [C. T.] 1908:249, Pl. 30 (fig. 1) [The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series. Zoology v. 12 (pt 3); ref. 3634] Seychelles, western Indian Ocean, depth 37 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1908.3.23.265-266 (2). Type catalog: Fricke 1982:78 [ref. 5432]. May use Synchiropus or Neosynchiropus; authors differ. •Valid as Synchiropus sechellensis Regan 1908 -- (Fricke 1981:84 [ref. 1499], Fricke 1982:78 [ref. 5432], Fricke 1983:662 [ref. 8349], Dor 1984:236 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:62 [ref. 25356], Fricke 2000:41 [ref. 25197], Fricke 2002:65 [ref. 26547], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Fricke 2006:12 [ref. 28872], Gökoğlu et al. 2014:440 [ref. 33365], Fricke 2016:11 [ref. 34659], Kondylatos et al. 2016:188 [ref. 39531], Fricke & Ordines 2017:166, 169 [ref. 35468], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[21] 259 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:146 [ref. 36273], Kovačić et al. 2021:67 [ref. 39014], Fricke & Anderson 2022:465 [ref. 39659], Chalari & Zafeiridis in Langeneck et al. 2023:622 [ref. 40699], Stern & Tagar in Langeneck et al. 2023:62 [ref. 40699]). Current status: Valid as Synchiropus sechellensis Regan 1908. Callionymidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden and Somalia to Maldives and Seychelles; Chesterfield Islands to Grande Terre Group (New Caledonia); eastern Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.