WoRMS taxon details
Microphis Kaup, 1853
159447 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159447)
accepted
Genus
Belonichthys Peters, 1868 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Coelonotus Peters, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dooryichthys Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Dorichthys · unaccepted (misspelling)
Doryichthis Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Doryichthys Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hemithylacus Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted
Kaupia Smith, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lophocampus Dawson, 1984 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Oostethus Hubbs, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Parabelonichthys Fowler, 1943 · unaccepted
Paramicrophis Klausewitz, 1955 · unaccepted
- Species Microphis aculeatus (Kaup, 1856)
- Species Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854)
- Species Microphis cuncalus (Hamilton, 1822)
- Species Microphis fluviatilis (Peters, 1852)
- Species Microphis jagorii Peters, 1868
- Species Microphis leiaspis (Bleeker, 1854)
- Species Microphis lineatus (Kaup, 1856)
- Species Microphis manadensis (Bleeker, 1856)
- Species Microphis mento (Bleeker, 1856)
- Species Microphis millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856)
- Species Microphis argulus (Peters, 1855) accepted as Coelonotus argulus (Peters, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Microphis bleekeri Day, 1865 accepted as Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854)
- Species Microphis extensus Snyder, 1911 accepted as Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856
- Species Microphis jouani Duméril, 1870 accepted as Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854)
- Species Microphis mayottae Fourmanoir, 1955 accepted as Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856
- Species Microphis melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858) accepted as Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856
- Species Microphis ocellatus Snyder, 1909 accepted as Choeroichthys sculptus (Günther, 1870) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, not of Duncker, 1910)
- Species Microphis pleurotaenia (Günther, 1880) accepted as Doryrhamphus excisus Kaup, 1856
- Species Microphis smithii Duméril, 1870 accepted as Microphis aculeatus (Kaup, 1856) (synonym)
- Species Microphis tenuis Blyth, 1858 accepted as Hippichthys spicifer (Rüppell, 1838)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Microphis Kaup, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159447 on 2026-07-16
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | テングヨウジ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Belonichthys Peters, 1868)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Doryichthys Kaup, 1856)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Coelonotus Peters, 1855)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Oostethus Hubbs, 1929)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Lophocampus Dawson, 1984)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coelonotus) (from synonym Coelonotus Peters, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doryichthys) (from synonym Doryichthys Kaup, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microphis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oostethus) (from synonym Oostethus Hubbs, 1929)
To Genbank (from synonym Oostethus Hubbs, 1929)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Coelonotus Peters, 1855)
To Genbank (from synonym Doryichthys Kaup, 1856)
To ITIS
To Catalog of Fishes
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Belonichthys Peters, 1868)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Doryichthys Kaup, 1856)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Coelonotus Peters, 1855)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Oostethus Hubbs, 1929)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Lophocampus Dawson, 1984)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Coelonotus) (from synonym Coelonotus Peters, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doryichthys) (from synonym Doryichthys Kaup, 1856)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microphis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oostethus) (from synonym Oostethus Hubbs, 1929)
To Genbank (from synonym Oostethus Hubbs, 1929)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Coelonotus Peters, 1855)
To Genbank (from synonym Doryichthys Kaup, 1856)
To ITIS
