Published June 9, 2023 | Version v1
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Syngnathidae

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Central Luzon State University, Nueva Ecija, Philippines & National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 1133 15 St. NW, Washington D. C., USA

Description

FAMILY Syngnathidae

Belonichthys mento (Bleeker, 1856); Native; Freshwater Pipefish; Found in river basins across the Philippines; USNM 108466; Herre 1953, Kottelat 2013; LC

Coelonotus leiaspis (Bleeker, 1854); Native; Barhead Pipefish; Found in river basins across the Philippines; Herre 1953, Kottelat 2013; LC

Doryichthys boaja (Bleeker, 1850); Native; Long-Snouted Pipefish; Found in river basins across the Philippines; Herre 1953, Kottelat 2013, Quimpang et al. 2015; DD

Doryichthys martensii (Peters, 1868); Native; Malayan Freshwater Pipefish; Found in river basins across the Philippines; Herre 1953, Kottelat 2013; DD

Hippichthys heptagonus Bleeker, 1849; Native; Belly Pipefish; Found in river basins across the Philippines; ZMB 732; Herre 1953, Kottelat 2013; LC

Hippichthys penicillus (Cantor, 1849); Native; Beady Pipefish; Found in river basins across the Philippines; Herre 1953, Kottelat 2013; LC

Lophocampus retzii (Bleeker, 1856); Native; Ragged-Tail Pipefish; Found in watersheds across the Philippines; Kottelat 2013; LC

Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854); Native; Short-Tailed Pipefish; Found in river basins across the Philippines; USNM 102599; Herre 1953, Kottelat 2013; LC

Microphis jagorii Peters, 1868; Native; Freshwater Pipefish; Found in river basins of Luzon, Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao Island groups; ZMB 6647; Herre 1953, Kottelat 2013; DD

Microphis manadensis (Bleeker, 1856); Native; Manado Pipefish; Found in river basins across the Philippines; Herre 1953, Kottelat 2013; LC

Microphis pleurostictus Peters, 1868; Endemic; Luzon River Pipefish; Endemic to Bato Lake and some surrounding streams, in Albay Peninsula, Luzon Island; ZMB 6633; Kottelat 2013; EN

Notes

Published as part of Jamandre, Brian Wade, 2023, Freshwater fishes of the Philippines: a provisional checklist, pp. 151-181 in Zootaxa 5301 (2) on pages 175-176, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8030274

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Syngnathiformes
Family
Syngnathidae
Taxon rank
family

References

  • Herre, A. W. C. T. (1953) Check list of Philippine fishes. Fish and Wildlife Service Research Report, 20, 293 - 295.
  • Kottelat, M. (2013) The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: A catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 27, 1 - 663.
  • Quimpang, V. T., Opiso, E. M., Cudal, M. C., Coquilla, K. L., Buot, G. A., Forten, R. R., Bruno, A. G. T. & Amoroso, V. B. (2015) Assessment and monitoring of fish species in the mountain streams and lake of Mindanao LTER sites. Asian Journal of Biodiversity, 6, 100 - 122. https: // doi. org / 10.7828 / ajob. v 6 i 1.697