FB-70827 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70827 Animalia Chordata Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Sphyrnidae Sphyrna Sphyrna vespertina Springer, 1940 Microphis retzii (non Bleeker, 1856) 2025-01-14 2025-01-14 Kailola, P.J.0 The fishes of Papua New Guinea. A revised and annotated checklist. Vol. 1. Myxinidae to Synbranchidae. Research Bulletin No. 41. Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 194 p. (Ref. 6993) Haÿ, V., M.I. Mennesson, C. Lord and P. Keith0 Why several when one can unite them all? Integrative taxonomic revision of Indo-Pacific freshwater pipefish (Nerophinae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(4):923-956. (Ref. 132364) Haÿ, V., M.I. Mennesson, H. Dahruddin, S. Sauri, G. Limmon, D. Wowor, N. Hubert, P. Keith and C. Lord0 A new freshwater pipefish species (Syngnathidae: <i>Microphis</i>) from the Sunda shelf islands, Indonesia. Zootaxa 5536(1):139-152. (Ref. 132508) FB-GeneralDescr-70836 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-20 00:00:00 2025-01-20 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70836 Found and caught in rivers where specimens occur on rocky substrate with pebbles. The water was clear and well-oxygenated, the river banks were covered with vegetation and the water was shaded and kept fresh by the the presence of trees (Ref. 132364). Haÿ, V., M.I. Mennesson, C. Lord and P. Keith 2023 Why several when one can unite them all? Integrative taxonomic revision of Indo-Pacific freshwater pipefish (Nerophinae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(4):923-956. (Ref. 132364) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70836 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-20 00:00:00 2025-01-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70836 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: pectoral fin rays 16-19; dorsal fin rays 36-38; tail rings 28-30 ; subdorsal tail rings 7.5-9.5 (Ref. 132364). Haÿ, V., M.I. Mennesson, C. Lord and P. Keith 2023 Why several when one can unite them all? Integrative taxonomic revision of Indo-Pacific freshwater pipefish (Nerophinae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(4):923-956. (Ref. 132364) FB-Morphology-70836 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-20 00:00:00 2025-01-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70836 Dorsal soft rays (total): 3438 Haÿ, V., M.I. Mennesson, C. Lord and P. Keith 2023 Why several when one can unite them all? Integrative taxonomic revision of Indo-Pacific freshwater pipefish (Nerophinae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(4):923-956. (Ref. 132364) FB-Distribution-70836 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-20 00:00:00 2025-01-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70836 Oceania: West New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Is. Haÿ, V., M.I. Mennesson, C. Lord and P. Keith 2023 Why several when one can unite them all? Integrative taxonomic revision of Indo-Pacific freshwater pipefish (Nerophinae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(4):923-956. (Ref. 132364) FB-Uses-70836 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-20 00:00:00 2025-01-20 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70836 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70836 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-20 00:00:00 2025-01-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70836 11.1 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 132364)); 8.37 cm SL (female) Haÿ, V., M.I. Mennesson, C. Lord and P. Keith 2023 Why several when one can unite them all? Integrative taxonomic revision of Indo-Pacific freshwater pipefish (Nerophinae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 198(4):923-956. (Ref. 132364) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70836 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-01-20 00:00:00 2025-01-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70836 demersal; freshwater