Synchiropus ocellatus ( Pallas, 1770 )

Fricke, Ronald, 2016, 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), Journal of Natural History 50, pp. 3003-3028 : 3011

Synchiropus ocellatus ( Pallas, 1770)

Ocellated dragonet

Callionymus ocellatus Pallas, 1770: 25–28 , pl. 4, figs 1–3 (Amboina/ Ambon, Indonesia; neotype: SMNS 21263 , as designated by Fricke 2000, p. 32, from Lapu Lapu City, Cebu Island, Philippines, type locality) .

Callionymus punctulatus Lacepède, 1800: 328 , 340–342 (Amboina/ Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia, type locality; unnecessary replacement name for Callionymus ocellatus Pallas, 1770 ; neotype: SMNS 21263 (which is also the neotype of Callionymus ocellatus ; Pallas, 1770).

Callionymus microps Günther, 1877: 192 , pl. 113 C ( Tonga, type locality; holotype: BMNH 1871.9.13.209) .

Synchiropus lili Jordan and Seale, 1906: 415–416, pl. 53, fig. 2 ( Apia , Upolu Island, Western Samoa, type locality; holotype: USNM 51762 ) .

Synchiropus shoe Okada and Ikeda, 1937: 90–92 , figs 4, 5 ( Kowan , Okinawa Honto / Ryukyu Islands, Japan, type locality; holotype: lost).

Synchiropus rhodonotus Fowler, 1946: 196–197 , fig. 61 ( Aguni Shima , Riu Kiu Islands / Ryukyu Islands, Japan, type locality; holotype: ANSP 72071 ) .

Distribution and habitat. Japan (Izu Islands); Ryukyu Islands; Taiwan; Vietnam; Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara; Maluku); Philippines; Palau / Belau; Federated States of Micronesia (Yap; Ponape / Pohnpei); Marshall Islands; Papua New Guinea (Lae; Ninigo Islands; New Britain); Australia (Western Australia; Queensland; New South Wales); New Caledonia (Grande Terre); Loyalty Islands (Lifou); Solomon Islands (Santa Cruz Islands); Vanuatu (Shepherd Islands; Erromango); Fiji; Tonga; Samoa; Marquesas Islands (Fatu Hiva, Tahuata, Nuku Hiva); Pitcairn Group ( Pitcairn, Oeno). Coral rubble and algae, tide pools to 30 m.