Syngnathidae

opossum pipefish

Microphis brachyurus

Fish Reaching Twenty Two Centimeters in the Brazilian Coast

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Central America and the Caribbean
• East Asia
• North America
• Oceania
• South America
• South Asia
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

The short-tailed pipefish (Microphis brachyurus) is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. It is found in fresh and brackish waters from Sri Lanka and India east to southern Japan and the Society Islands. It inhabits places with little or no current in rivers, streams and estuaries.