Microphis
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic_taxobox
| image = Microphis brachyurus.jpg
| image_caption = Short-tailed pipefish (Microphis brachyurus)
| taxon = Microphis
| authority = Kaup, 1853
| type_species = Syngnathus deocata
| type_species_authority = (Hamilton 1822)
| synonyms = *Doryichthys Duncker, 1910
- Oostethus Hubbs, 1929
- Paramicrophis Klausewitz, 1955
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp |title=Catalog of Fishes |author=Eschmeyer, W. N. (ed) |publisher=California Academy of Sciences |accessdate=18 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018121049/http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fresearcharchive.calacademy.org%2Fresearch%2FIchthyology%2Fcatalog%2Ffishcatmain.asp |archivedate=18 October 2012 }} 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.Kuiter, Rudie H. 2000. Seahorses, pipefishes, and the relatives. Chorleywood, UK: TMC Publishing. 240 p.
Species
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The currently recognized species in this genus are:{{FishBase genus | genus = Microphis| month = December | year = 2018}}
- Microphis aculeatus (Kaup, 1856)
- Microphis argulus (W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (flat-nosed pipefish)
- 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 (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 lineatus (Kaup, 1856) (opossum pipefish)
- Microphis manadensis (Bleeker, 1856) (Manado pipefish)
- Microphis mento (Bleeker, 1856) (red pipefish){{cite web |url=https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/ComNames/CommonNameSummary.php?autoctr=65542 |title=Common name of Microphis mento |website=FishBase |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315111533/https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/ComNames/CommonNameSummary.php?autoctr=65542 |archive-date=15 March 2023 |url-status=live}}
- Microphis millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856) (thousand-spot pipefish)
- Microphis ocellatus (Duncker, 1910) (ocellated pipefish)
- Microphis pleurostictus W. K. H. Peters, 1868
- Microphis retzii (Bleeker, 1856) (ragged-tail pipefish)
- Microphis spinachioides (Duncker, 1915) (spinach pipefish)
References
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Category:Freshwater fish genera
Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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