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Microphis  Kaup, 1853
Taxonomic Serial No.: 166532

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Oostethus Hubbs, 1929
  
    Belonichthys Peters, 1868
  
  Common Name(s): freshwater pipefishes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderGasterosteiformes  – pipefishes, sticklebacks  
                               SuborderSyngnathoidei  – pipefishes, seahorses, hippocampes  
                                  FamilySyngnathidae  – pipefishes, seahorses, hippocampes, peces pipa y caballitos de mar  
                                     SubfamilySyngnathinae   
                                        GenusMicrophis Kaup, 1853 – freshwater pipefishes  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Microphis argulus (Peters, 1855)  
                                           Species Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1853) – opossum pipefish, shorttailed pipefish, trompetero colinegro, pez pipa culebra 
                                           Species Microphis brevidorsalis (de Beaufort, 1913) – porthole pipefish 
                                           Species Microphis caudocarinatus (Weber, 1907)  
                                           Species Microphis cruentus Dawson and Fourmanoir, 1981  
                                           Species Microphis cuncalus (Hamilton, 1822)  
                                           Species Microphis deocata (Hamilton, 1822)  
                                           Species Microphis dunckeri (Prashad and Mukerji, 1929)  
                                           Species Microphis fluviatilis (Peters, 1852) – freshwater pipefish 
                                           Species Microphis insularis (Hora in Annandale and Hora, 1925)  
                                           Species Microphis jagorii Peters, 1868  
                                           Species Microphis leiaspis (Bleeker, 1853) – barhead pipefish 
                                           Species Microphis manadensis (Bleeker, 1856) – shorttail pipefish 
                                           Species Microphis mento (Bleeker, 1856)  
                                           Species Microphis ocellatus (Duncker, 1910) – ocellated pipefish 
                                           Species Microphis pleurostictus Peters, 1868  
                                           Species Microphis retzii (Bleeker, 1856) – Melanesian stream pipefish 
                                           Species Microphis spinachioides (Duncker, 1915)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Microphis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Microphis   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Microphis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Microphis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Microphis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Microphis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Microphis   
       

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