Short-tailed pipefish

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Short-tailed pipefish
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Microphis
Species:
M. brachyurus
Binomial name
Microphis brachyurus
(Valenciennes, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Syngnathus brachyurus Bleeker, 1854
  • Doryichthys brachyurus(Bleeker, 1854)
  • Oostethus brachyurus(Bleeker, 1854)
  • Syngnathus polyacanthusBleeker, 1856
  • Doryichthys hasselti Kaup, 1856
  • Doryichthys auronitensKaup, 1856
  • Doryichthys pristipeltisKaup, 1856
  • Microphis bleekeri Day, 1865
  • Microphis jouani Duméril, 1870
  • Doryichthys philippinus Fowler, 1918

The short-tailed pipefish (Microphis brachyurus) is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is found in fresh and brackish waters from Sri Lanka and India east to southern Japan and the Society Islands. [2] It inhabits places with little or no current in rivers, streams and estuaries. [3]

It formerly included three subspecies, but these are now regarded as separate species: Microphis aculeatus of the East Atlantic region, Microphis lineatus of the West Atlantic and Caribbean regions, and Microphis millepunctatus of the Western Indian Ocean region. [2] [4]

The short-tailed pipefish reaches up to 22 cm (8.7 in) in standard length. [3]

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References

  1. NatureServe & Sparks, J.S (2017). "Microphis brachyurus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T181547A58325804. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T181547A58325804.en .
  2. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Microphis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Microphis brachyurus" in FishBase . December 2018 version.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Microphis in FishBase . December 2018 version.