Syngnathidae

Ragged-tail pipefish

Microphis retzii

Fourteen Point Five Centimeters Pipefish of Asian Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Southeast Asia
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

Microphis retzii, the ragged-tail pipefish, is a species of freshwater pipefish in the family Syngnathidae. The species is distributed across Southeast Asia and parts of the western Pacific and inhabits tropical freshwater river systems. The species was first described from Manado in Sulawesi, Indonesia, and later reassigned to the genus Microphis under the subgenus Lophocampus following taxonomic revision of Indo-Pacific freshwater pipefishes.