First records of two freshwater pipefishes of the genus Microphis (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) from Japan

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-204

  Yoshino, Tetsuo ^a   Yoshigou, Hidenori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microphis (Lophocampus) retzii; Microphis (Oostethus) jagorii; New records; Syngnathidae

Indexed keywords

MICROPHIS; MICROPHIS RETZII; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHINAE; SYNGNATHOIDEI;

EID: 0032425157     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02678563     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Dawson, C. E. 1977. Synopsis of syngnathine pipefishes usually referred to the genus Ichthyocampus Kaup, with description of new genera and species. Bull. Mar. Sci., 27: 595-650.
2. Dawson, C. E. 1984. Revision of the genus Microphis Kaup (Pisces: Syngnathidae). Bull. Mar. Sci., 35: 117-181.
3. Dawson, C. E. 1985. Indo-Pacific pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). Gulf Coast Res. Lab., Ocean Springs, Mississippi. 230 pp.
4. Lee, S.-C. 1983. The family Syngnathidae (Pisces, Syngnathiformes) of Taiwan. Bull. Inst. Zool., Acad. Sinica, 22: 67-82.
5. Lee, S.-C. 1993. Syngnathiformes. Pages 224-231, pls. 52-55 in S.-C. Shen, chief ed. Fishes of Taiwan. Dept. Zool., National Taiwan Univ., Taipei. (In Chinese.)
6. Senou, H., T. Suzuki and M. Hosokawa. 1995. First record of a freshwater pipefish, Microphis (Coelonotus) argulus (Pisces: Syngnathidae) from the Northern Hemisphere. I. O. P. Diving News, 6(3): 2-3. (In Japanese with English summary.)