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Syngnathidae
Menado pipefish
Microphis manadensis
Fish Reaching Twenty Centimeters in Taiwanese Waters
Menado pipefish is a fish found around Asia and Oceania. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. The largest recorded length is 20 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Syngnathidae
- Genus
- Microphis
- Maximum length
- 20 cm
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Asia and Oceania: Indonesia, Taiwan, Palau, New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. Also reported from the Philippines (Ref. 7223 ). Reports from Australia requires verification by additional collections.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

