''Microphis'' is a genus of

pipefish Pipefishes or pipe-fishes (Syngnathinae) are a subfamily of small fishes, which, together with the seahorses and seadragons (''Phycodurus'' and ''Phyllopteryx''), form the family Syngnathidae. Description Pipefish look like straight-bodied seah ...

es (stream pipefishes or river pipefishes) within the family

Syngnathidae The Syngnathidae is a family of fish which includes seahorses, pipefishes, and seadragons (''Phycodurus'' and ''Phyllopteryx''). The name is derived from grc, σύν (), meaning "together", and (), meaning "jaw". The fused jaw is one of the tra ...

. Members of this genus are notable among the Syngnathidae for residing in mainly fresh and brackish waters. 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.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Microphis aculeatus'' ( Kaup, 1856) * '' Microphis argulus'' ( W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (flat-nosed pipepfish) * ''

Microphis brachyurus 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. It inhabits places with litt ...

'' (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'' (

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& 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) * '' Microphis millepunctatus'' (Kaup, 1856) (thousand-spot pipefish) * '' 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

Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Syngnathiformes-stub