First record of the Short-tailed Pipefish, Microphis brachyurus lineatus (Kaup, 1856) (Syngnathidae, Nerophinae), for Suriname

Timo Moritz; Philipp Thieme; Kenneth Wan Tong You; Jan Mol

doi:10.15560/15.2.249

Check List 15(2): 249-252, doi: 10.15560/15.2.249

First record of the Short-tailed Pipefish, Microphis brachyurus lineatus (Kaup, 1856) (Syngnathidae, Nerophinae), for Suriname

Timo Moritz^‡, Philipp Thieme^§, Kenneth Wan Tong You^|, Jan Mol^|

‡ Meeresmuseum Stralsund, 18439 Stralsund, Germany§ Deutsches Meeresmuseum, Stralsund, Germany| Center for Agricultural Research in Suriname (Celos) and Department of Biology, Anton de Kom University of Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname

Corresponding author: Timo Moritz ( timo.moritz@outlook.com )

Academic editor: Arturo Angulo

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Citation: Moritz T, Thieme P, You KWT, Mol J (2019) First record of the Short-tailed Pipefish, Microphis brachyurus lineatus (Kaup, 1856) (Syngnathidae, Nerophinae), for Suriname. Check List 15(2): 249-252. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.2.249

Abstract

The occurrence of the pipefish Microphis brachyurus (Bleecker, 1854) in Suriname is reported here for the first time. The records include 3 specimens from the lower Suriname River at Overbridge, collected from a reach in the river with fresh water, without brackish tidal influence and dense aquatic and flooded shore vegetation.

Keywords

Neotropics, Opossum Pipefish, South America