Genus Microphis Kaup, 1853
- Microphis Kaup, J.J. 1853. Uebersicht der Lophobranchier. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 19(1): 226-234 [234].
Type species:
Syngnathus cuncalus Hamilton, 1822 by subsequent designation, see Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. 1896. The fishes of North and middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 47(1): 1-1240 [773] (cuneatus in parentheses, considered a mispelling of cuncalus); Jordan, D.S. 1919. The genera of fishes. Part 2. Stanford University Publications, University Series 36: 153-284 [254] (designated Syngnathus deocata Hamilton, 1822 as type species).
Introduction
Predominantly freshwater pipefishes. Haÿ et al. reviewed freshwater pipefishes from the Indo-Pacific (which they placed in the subfamily Nerophinae) and recognised a single valid genus Microphis.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Circumglobal.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
General References
Dawson, C.E. 1984. Revision of the genus Microphis Kaup (Pisces : Syngnathidae). Bulletin of Marine Science 35(2): 117-181 figs 1-30
Haÿ, V., Mennesson, M.I., Lord, C. and Keith, P. 2023. Why several when one can unite them all? Integrative taxonomic revision of Indo-Pacific freshwater pipefish (Nerophinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198: 923-956
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2017 | SYNGNATHIFORMES | 16-Nov-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese Dr Matthew Lockett |
| 25-Jun-2015 | SYNGNATHIFORMES | 19-Feb-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |