Short-tailed pipefish

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]

Short-tailed pipefish
Scientific classification
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 polyacanthus Bleeker, 1856
  • Doryichthys hasselti Kaup, 1856
  • Doryichthys auronitens Kaup, 1856
  • Doryichthys pristipeltis Kaup, 1856
  • Microphis bleekeri Day, 1865
  • Microphis jouani Duméril, 1870
  • Doryichthys philippinus Fowler, 1918

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]

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. 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. Froese, Rainer and 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.
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