Microphis pleurostictus, the Luzon River pipefish (湖沼腹囊海龍),[2] is a species of freshwater pipefish belonging to the family Syngnathidae.[1]
| Microphis pleurostictus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Microphis |
| Species: | M. pleurostictus
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| Binomial name | |
| Microphis pleurostictus Peters 1868 [1]
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It can be found only in Batu (Bato) Lake and Yassot Creek located in Luzon, Philippines.[3][4] The species is ovoviviparous, where males brood eggs and give birth to live young.[4]
The IUCN has listed the Luzon River pipefish as an endangered species on the shortlist of the most endangered Syngnathidae-spiecies. Only one pipefish is even more endangered by conservation status: the critically endangered estuarine pipefish, Syngnathus watermeyeri.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b c Rachinski, T. & Pollom, R. 2016. Microphis pleurostictus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T65403327A67624848. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T65403327A67624848.en. Downloaded on 09 January 2019. Download
- ^ Pipefishes and Ghost Pipefishes. IUCN. Retrieved 16. February 2022.
- ^ Herre, A.W.C.T. 1953. Check list of Philippine fishes. Research Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S Department of the Interior, USA.
- ^ a b Dawson, C.E. 1985. Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA.
- ^ MOST Threatened Species IUCN. Retrieved 16. February 2022.
External links edit
M. pleurostictus at Fishbase
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