WoRMS taxon details
Microphis argulus (Peters, 1855)
218024 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218024)
accepted
Species
Coelonotus argulus (Peters, 1855) · unaccepted
Coelonotus argulus biocellatus Günther, 1870 · unaccepted
Coelonotus biocellatus Günther, 1870 · unaccepted
Coelonotus platyrhynchus (Duméril, 1870) · unaccepted
Syngnathus argulus Peters, 1855 · unaccepted
Syngnathus platyrhynchus Duméril, 1870 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Syngnathus argulus Peters, 1855) Peters, W. (C. H.). (1855). Uebersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Fische. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 21 (pts 2-3): 234-282. [details]
Description Occurs in coastal rivers, streams, and estuaries (Ref. 4127). Males maybe brooding at 9.7 cm SL.
Description Occurs in coastal rivers, streams, and estuaries (Ref. 4127). Males maybe brooding at 9.7 cm SL. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Microphis argulus (Peters, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218024 on 2025-06-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Syngnathus argulus Peters, 1855) Peters, W. (C. H.). (1855). Uebersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Fische. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 21 (pts 2-3): 234-282. [details]
original description (of Coelonotus biocellatus Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Coelonotus biocellatus Günther, 1870) Günther, A. (1870). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv + 1-549. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Occurs in coastal rivers, streams, and estuaries (Ref. 4127). Males maybe brooding at 9.7 cm SL. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Coelonotus platyrhynchus (Duméril, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Coelonotus argulus (Peters, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus platyrhynchus Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus argulus Peters, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coelonotus biocellatus Günther, 1870)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Syngnathus argulus) (from synonym Syngnathus argulus Peters, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus platyrhynchus Duméril, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Coelonotus argulus (Peters, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Coelonotus biocellatus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus argulus Peters, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Coelonotus argulus biocellatus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Coelonotus platyrhynchus (Duméril, 1870))
To FishBase images (Microphis argulus, by Keith, P.)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Syngnathus argulus Peters, 1855)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Coelonotus biocellatus Günther, 1870; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3101751) (from synonym Coelonotus biocellatus Günther, 1870)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Coelonotus argulus (Peters, 1855))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus platyrhynchus Duméril, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus argulus Peters, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Coelonotus biocellatus Günther, 1870)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Syngnathus argulus) (from synonym Syngnathus argulus Peters, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus platyrhynchus Duméril, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Coelonotus argulus (Peters, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Coelonotus biocellatus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus argulus Peters, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Coelonotus argulus biocellatus Günther, 1870)
To FishBase (from synonym Coelonotus platyrhynchus (Duméril, 1870))
To FishBase images (Microphis argulus, by Keith, P.)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To GenBank (38 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Syngnathus argulus Peters, 1855)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Coelonotus biocellatus Günther, 1870; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3101751) (from synonym Coelonotus biocellatus Günther, 1870)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
