Synchiropus delandi, also known as Deland's dragonet, is a species of fish in the dragonet family Callionymidae. It is found in the western-central Pacific from the Philippines to Indonesia.Fricke, R., 2001. Callionymidae. Dragonets. p. 3549-3571. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome.
Etymology The fish is named in honor of Judson de Land of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a physician, to whom Fowler was “indebted for American fishes”.
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