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
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and
India east to southern
Japan
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and the
Society Islands.
It inhabits places with little or no current in rivers, streams and
estuaries.
It formerly included three
subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
, but these are now regarded as separate species: ''
Microphis aculeatus
''Microphis'' is a genus of pipefishes (stream pipefishes or river pipefishes) within the family Syngnathidae. Members of this genus are notable among the Syngnathidae for residing in mainly fresh and brackish waters. Adults breed in coastal r ...
'' of the East Atlantic region, ''
Microphis lineatus'' of the West Atlantic and Caribbean regions, and ''
Microphis millepunctatus
''Microphis'' is a genus of pipefishes (stream pipefishes or river pipefishes) within the family Syngnathidae. Members of this genus are notable among the Syngnathidae for residing in mainly fresh and brackish waters. Adults breed in coastal r ...
'' of the Western Indian Ocean region.
standard length
Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology.
Overall length
* Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish m ...
.
References
* http://australianmuseum.net.au/short-tail-river-pipefish-microphis-brachyurus-bleeker-1853
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brachyurus
Fish described in 1842