WoRMS taxon details
Microphis millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856)
309257 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:309257)
accepted
Species
Doryichthys millepunctatus Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Microphis brachyurus millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856) · unaccepted
Oostethus brachyurus millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Doryichthys millepunctatus Kaup, 1856) Kaup, J. J. (1856). Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum. <em>London.</em> i-iv + 1-76, Pls. 1-4. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Microphis millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=309257 on 2026-07-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Doryichthys millepunctatus Kaup, 1856) Kaup, J. J. (1856). Catalogue of lophobranchiate fish in the collection of the British Museum. <em>London.</em> i-iv + 1-76, Pls. 1-4. [details]
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]
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]
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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | shorttail pipefish [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Doryichthys millepunctatus Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Oostethus brachyurus millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Microphis brachyurus millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Doryichthys millepunctatus Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Oostethus brachyurus millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Microphis brachyurus millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Doryichthys millepunctatus Kaup, 1856)
