WoRMS taxon details
Microphis lineatus (Kaup, 1856)
400978 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:400978)
accepted
Species
Doryichthys lineatus Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Doryrhamphus sierra Nichols, 1915 · unaccepted (synonym)
Microphis brachyurus lineatus (Kaup, 1856) · unaccepted
Oostethus brachyurus lineatus (Kaup, 1856) · unaccepted
Oostethus lineatus (Kaup, 1856) · unaccepted
Siphostoma brevicaudum Meek, 1904 · unaccepted (synonym)
Siphostoma eigenmanni Wilson, 1916 · unaccepted (synonym)
Siphostoma torrei Nichols, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Syngnathus cayennensis Sauvage, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
Syngnathus torrei (Nichols, 1912) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Doryichthys lineatus 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 lineatus (Kaup, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=400978 on 2026-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Doryichthys lineatus 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]
original description (of Syngnathus cayennensis Sauvage, 1882) Sauvage, H.-E. (1882). Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 6: 168-176. [details]
original description (of Siphostoma brevicaudum Meek, 1904) Meek, S. E. (1904). The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus of Tehuantepec. <em>Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series.</em> v. 5: i-lxiii + 1-252, Pls. 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15940 [details]
original description (of Siphostoma eigenmanni Wilson, 1916) Wilson, C. (1916). Some marine fishes from Colombia and Ecuador. <em>Annals of the Carnegie Museum.</em> v. 10 (nos 1/2): 57-70, Pl. 10., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.78057 [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]
original description (of Syngnathus cayennensis Sauvage, 1882) Sauvage, H.-E. (1882). Description de quelques poissons de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> v. 6: 168-176. [details]
original description (of Siphostoma brevicaudum Meek, 1904) Meek, S. E. (1904). The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus of Tehuantepec. <em>Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series.</em> v. 5: i-lxiii + 1-252, Pls. 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15940 [details]
original description (of Siphostoma eigenmanni Wilson, 1916) Wilson, C. (1916). Some marine fishes from Colombia and Ecuador. <em>Annals of the Carnegie Museum.</em> v. 10 (nos 1/2): 57-70, Pl. 10., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.78057 [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
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Syngnathus torrei (Nichols, 1912))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Doryrhamphus sierra Nichols, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Siphostoma eigenmanni Wilson, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Oostethus brachyurus lineatus (Kaup, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Doryichthys lineatus Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Siphostoma torrei Nichols, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus cayennensis Sauvage, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Siphostoma brevicaudum Meek, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Oostethus lineatus (Kaup, 1856))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microphis lineatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus cayennensis Sauvage, 1882)
To FishBase (from synonym Siphostoma brevicaudum Meek, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus sierra Nichols, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Siphostoma eigenmanni Wilson, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Siphostoma torrei Nichols, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Doryichthys lineatus Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Microphis brachyurus lineatus (Kaup, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus torrei (Nichols, 1912))
To FishBase (from synonym Oostethus brachyurus lineatus (Kaup, 1856))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Oostethus lineatus (Kaup, 1856))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Doryichthys lineatus Kaup, 1856)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Syngnathus torrei (Nichols, 1912))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Doryrhamphus sierra Nichols, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Siphostoma eigenmanni Wilson, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Oostethus brachyurus lineatus (Kaup, 1856))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Doryichthys lineatus Kaup, 1856)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Siphostoma torrei Nichols, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Syngnathus cayennensis Sauvage, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Siphostoma brevicaudum Meek, 1904)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Oostethus lineatus (Kaup, 1856))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microphis lineatus)
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus cayennensis Sauvage, 1882)
To FishBase (from synonym Siphostoma brevicaudum Meek, 1904)
To FishBase (from synonym Doryrhamphus sierra Nichols, 1915)
To FishBase (from synonym Siphostoma eigenmanni Wilson, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Siphostoma torrei Nichols, 1912)
To FishBase (from synonym Doryichthys lineatus Kaup, 1856)
To FishBase (from synonym Microphis brachyurus lineatus (Kaup, 1856))
To FishBase (from synonym Syngnathus torrei (Nichols, 1912))
To FishBase (from synonym Oostethus brachyurus lineatus (Kaup, 1856))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Oostethus lineatus (Kaup, 1856))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Doryichthys lineatus Kaup, 1856)
To ITIS
