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Microphis Kaup, 1853 
AphiaID: 159447

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Syngnathinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Syngnathinae
Synonymised
taxa
  Belonichthys Peters, 1868 (synonym)
Coelonotus
Hemithylacus
Oostethus
Parabelonichthys
Paramicrophis
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Microphis argulus (Peters, 1855)
Species Microphis cuncalus (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Microphis fluviatilis (Peters, 1852)
Species Microphis jagorii Peters, 1868
Species Microphis leiaspis (Bleeker, 1853)
Species Microphis manadensis (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Microphis mento (Bleeker, 1856)

Species Microphis aculeatus (Kaup, 1856) accepted as Microphis brachyurus aculeatus (Kaup, 1856)
Species Microphis bleekeri Day, 1865 accepted as Microphis brachyurus brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854)
Species Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854) accepted as Microphis brachyurus brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854)
Species Microphis extensus Snyder, 1911 accepted as Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856
Species Microphis jouani Duméril, 1870 accepted as Microphis brachyurus brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854)
Species Microphis lineatus (Kaup, 1856) accepted as Microphis brachyurus lineatus (Kaup, 1856)
Species Microphis mayottae Fourmanoir, 1955 accepted as Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856
Species Microphis melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858) accepted as Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856
Species Microphis millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856) accepted as Microphis brachyurus millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856)
Species Microphis ocellatus (Snyder, 1909) accepted as Choeroichthys sculptus (Günther, 1870)
Species Microphis pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880) accepted as Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856
Species Microphis smithii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Microphis brachyurus aculeatus (Kaup, 1856)
Species Microphis tenuis Blyth, 1858 accepted as Hippichthys spicifer (Rüppell, 1838)
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159447
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-30 07:43:33Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2013-03-11 13:25:43Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Microphis Kaup, 1853. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159447 on 2013-05-22
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