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Scientific Name	**Microphis brachyurus** (Bleeker, 1854)
Common Name
Type Locality	Jakarta, Panimbang, western Java; Priaman, western Sumatra, Indonesia.
Synonym(s)	Dorichthys millepunctatus, Doryichthys auronitens, Doryichthys brachyurus, Doryichthys hasselti, Doryichthys philippinus, Doryichthys pristipeltis, Microphis bleekeri, Microphis brachyurus brachyurus, Microphis jouani, Oostethus brachyurus, Oostethus brachyurus brachyurus, Syngnathus brachyurus, Syngnathus polyacanthus
Species Information
Size	220mm or 8.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia and Oceania: Sri Lanka, southern India, Nicobar Islands and eastward to Japan and the Society Islands Records from Puerto Rico and USA need confirmation. Africa: east coast from Kenya south to Natal area. Also Madagascar and Mauritius. Africa: Côte d'Ivoire. Western Atlantic: Atlantic coast of Florida, Bahamas, northern and southern Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, central and south American coasts to Brazil.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 6), pp 16.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 13:05 (species record created: 2021 Dec 18 06:32)