Microphis pleurostictus

Microphis pleurostictus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Syngnathidae
Genus:	Microphis
Species:	M. pleurostictus
Binomial name
Microphis pleurostictus Peters 1868 [1]

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]

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

1. 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
2. Pipefishes and Ghost Pipefishes. IUCN. Retrieved 16. February 2022.
3. 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.
4. Dawson, C.E. 1985. Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA.
5. MOST Threatened Species IUCN. Retrieved 16. February 2022.

External links

M. pleurostictus at Fishbase