Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854)

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Microphis brachyurus : Pellegrin, 1933 a : 187Les poissons des eaux douces de Madagascar et des Îles voisines (Comores, Seychelles, Mascareignes). | Pellegrin, 1934 a : 429La faune ichthyologique des eaux douces de Madagascar. | Smith, 1934 : 89, fig. 1Marine fishes of seven genera new to South Africa. | Smith, 1949 a : 170, fig. 358.The sea fishes of Southern Africa. | Dawson, 1986 : 286 [synonym of Microphis (Coelonotus) brachyurus millepunctatus]43. Syngnathidae. | Teugels et al., 1988 : 225, 230État des connaissances sur la faune ichtyologique des bassins côtiers de Côte d'Ivoire et de l'ouest du Ghana. | Vivien, 1991 : 109, 145, fig. 417 (p: 213)Faune du Cameroun. Guide des mammifères et des poissons. | Eccles, 1992 : 82, 128FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. | Skelton, 1993 b : 355A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. | Paugy et al., 1994 : 63, 64Faune ichtyologique des eaux douces d'Afrique de l'Ouest. | Skelton, 2001 : 355A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. | Sparks & Stiassny, 2003 : 852Introduction to the freshwater fishes. | Tsoumou et al., 2024 : 79Ichthyofaunal diversity of Lower Kouilou (Republic of Congo)..
Syngnathus brachyurus : Bleeker, 1854 d : 16 (senior synonym)Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van der eiland Bosroe. | Kiener, 1963 a : 87, pl. 51. (senior synonym)Poissons, pêche et pisciculture à Madagascar. | Dawson, 1986 : 286 [synonym of Microphis (Coelonotus) brachyurus millepunctatus] (senior synonym)43. Syngnathidae..
Microphis (Oostethus) brachyurus : Dawson, 1984 : 117, 118, 122, 123, 144, 151, 152-156, fig. 18 (top) (senior synonym)Revision of the Genus Microphis Kaup (Pisces: Syngnathidae)..
Doryichthys brachyurus : Teugels et al., 1988 : 230 (synonym of Microphis brachyurus) (senior synonym)État des connaissances sur la faune ichtyologique des bassins côtiers de Côte d'Ivoire et de l'ouest du Ghana..

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Colour pattern : Skelton, 1993 | Skelton, 2001 .
Common names : Kortstert-pypvis / Varzwater-pypvis (Afrikaans), Opossum pipefish / Short-tail pipefish (English), Syngnathe à queue courte (French), Pez pipa culebra (Spanish) .
Current distribution known : it is wide-ranging throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, eastern Pacific, and eastern and western Atlantic regions. It is also reported from the eastern Pacific near the terminus of the Panama canal. In Africa: Africa: east coast from Kenya south to KwaZulu-Natal area, also Madagascar and Mauritius and Côte d'Ivoire. .
Distribution_references : Dawson, 1984 | Skelton, 1993 | Skelton, 2001 .
Habitat / home range : a marine and estuarine species that regularly lives in freshwater in lower reaches of rivers .
Habitat_references : Eccles, 1992 .
Morphology / anatomy : Dawson, 1984 | Skelton, 1993 | Skelton, 2001 .
Size : 220 mm SL .
Types :
- Syngnathus brachyurus Bleeker, 1854: 16. Type locality: Jakarta, Panimbang, western Java; Priaman, western Sumatra, Indonesia. Lectotype RMNH 7249; paralectotypes and/or Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1867.11.28.358, NMV 46422, RMNH 7249. Lectotype selected by Dawson 1979.
Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : Dawson, 1984 .