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> Callionymiformes (Dragonets) > Callionymidae (Dragonets)
Etymology: Synchiropus:Greek, syn, symphysis = grown together + Greek, cheir = hand + Greek, pous = foot (Ref. 45335); sycorax:Named for the red-robed and caped Sycorax warriors from the BBC sci-fi series Dr. Who, in showing similarities in both coloration and grandiloquence of their garb; noun in apposition. Eponymy: The Sycorax are a race of red-robed alien warriors in the UK science-fiction series ‘Dr. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet Ökologie
seewasser benthopelagisch; tiefenbereich 20 - 38 m (Ref. 114910). Tropical
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 4; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 8; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 7. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: colour when alive: head and body are bright red, bright yellow ventrally, with prominent white spots on head (one spot or blotch over preopercular spine, two elongate spots behind middle of eye, and one spot behind upper part of eye at about 1 o’clock position), and body (in three rows, an uppermost row beginning below soft dorsal, tracking lateral line to caudal peduncle, a lowermost row extending from above anterior anal fin to caudal peduncle, and a middle row extending obliquely from above pectoral fin to anterior part of lowermost series of spots); pelvic fin and pelvic-pectoral membrane of males bright yellow with broad bluish or greenish grey to black submarginal band across distal third of fin (Ref. 114910). Body shape (shape guide): other (see remarks); Cross section: oval.
Found in areas of broken coral rubble interspersed with outcrops of soft and stony corals (Ref. 114910).
Tea, Y.-K. and A.C. Gill, 2016. Synchiropus sycorax, a new species of dragonet from the Philippines (Teleostei: Callionymidae). Zootaxa 4173(1):085-093. (Ref. 114910)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
