Microphis

Microphis is a genus of pipefishes (stream pipefishes or river pipefishes) within the family Syngnathidae. Members of this genus are notable among the Syngnathidae for residing in mainly fresh and brackish waters.[1] Adults breed in coastal rivers, streams, or lakes, and fertilized eggs are carried by the male pipefish in a brood pouch extending along his entire ventral surface.[2]

Microphis
Short-tailed pipefish (Microphis brachyurus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Subfamily: Syngnathinae
Genus: Microphis
Kaup, 1853
Type species
Syngnathus deocata
(Hamilton 1822)
Synonyms

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

  • Microphis aculeatus (Kaup, 1856)
  • Microphis argulus (W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (flat-nosed pipepfish)
  • Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854) (short-tailed pipefish)
  • Microphis brevidorsalis (de Beaufort, 1913) (stream pipefish)
  • Microphis caudocarinatus (M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (slender pipefish, Tawarin river pipefish)
  • Microphis cruentus C. E. Dawson & Fourmanoir, 1981 (DumbĂ©a River pipefish)
  • Microphis cuncalus (F. Hamilton, 1822) (crocodile-tooth pipefish)
  • Microphis deocata (F. Hamilton, 1822) (green, rainbow belly, or deocata pipefish)
  • Microphis dunckeri (Prashad & Mukerji, 1929)
  • Microphis fluviatilis (W. K. H. Peters, 1852) (freshwater pipefish)
  • Microphis insularis (Hora, 1925) (Andaman pipefish)
  • Microphis jagorii W. K. H. Peters, 1868
  • Microphis leiaspis (Bleeker, 1854) (barhead pipefish)
  • Microphis lineatus (Kaup, 1856) (opossum pipefish)
  • Microphis manadensis (Bleeker, 1856) (Manado pipefish)
  • Microphis mento (Bleeker, 1856)
  • Microphis millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856) (thousand-spot pipefish)
  • Microphis ocellatus (Duncker, 1910)
  • Microphis pleurostictus W. K. H. Peters, 1868
  • Microphis retzii (Bleeker, 1856) (ragged-tail pipefish)
  • Microphis spinachioides (Duncker, 1915) (spinach pipefish)
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References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N. (ed). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. Kuiter, Rudie H. 2000. Seahorses, pipefishes, and the relatives. Chorleywood, UK: TMC Publishing. 240 p.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Microphis in FishBase. December 2018 version.


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