Microphis

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| 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.