Microphis
| Microphis | |
|---|---|
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| Short-tailed pipefish (Microphis brachyurus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gasterosteiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Subfamily: | Syngnathinae |
| Genus: | Microphis Kaup, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Syngnathus deocata (Hamilton 1822) | |
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]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Microphis argulus (W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (flat-nosed pipepfish)
- Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854)
- Microphis brachyurus aculeatus (Kaup, 1856)
- Microphis brachyurus brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854) (short-tailed pipefish)
- Microphis brachyurus lineatus (Kaup, 1856) (opossum pipefish)
- Microphis brachyurus millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856) (thousand-spot 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 (Dumbéa 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 manadensis (Bleeker, 1856) (Manado pipefish)
- Microphis mento (Bleeker, 1856)
- Microphis ocellatus (Duncker, 1910)
- Microphis pleurostictus W. K. H. Peters, 1868
- Microphis retzii (Bleeker, 1856) (ragged-tail pipefish)
- Microphis spinachioides (Duncker, 1915) (spinach pipefish)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N. (ed). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ↑ Kuiter, Rudie H. 2000. Seahorses, pipefishes, and the relatives. Chorleywood, UK: TMC Publishing. 240 p.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Microphis in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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