Microphis brachyurus lineatus

Invasion History

First Non-native Panama (Pacific) Tidal Record: 1971

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Panama Invasion History:

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Invasion history elsewhere in the world:

None

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Description

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Taxonomy

Ecology

General:

Microphis lineatus brachyurus (Opossum Pipefish) usually occurs in freshwater and estuaries,a and has occasionally been collected in marine waters. As in many pipefishes, the eggs are transferred to the male and brooded in a pouch on the male's abdomen (Miranda-Marure et al. 2004).

Food:

Zooplankton, epibenthic crustaceajs

Trophic Status:

Carnivore

Carn

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Habitats

General Habitat	Fresh (nontidal) Marsh	None
General Habitat	Coarse Woody Debris	None
General Habitat	Grass Bed	None
General Habitat	Nontidal Freshwater	None
General Habitat	Tidal Fresh Marsh	None
General Habitat	Salt-brackish marsh	None
General Habitat	Unstructured Bottom	None
General Habitat	Canals	None
General Habitat	Mangroves	None
Salinity Range	Limnetic	0-0.5 PSU
Salinity Range	Mesohaline	5-18 PSU
Salinity Range	Polyhaline	18-30 PSU
Salinity Range	Euhaline	30-40 PSU
Vertical Habitat	Epibenthic	None
Vertical Habitat	Nektonic	None

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Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Maximum Depth (m)	15	Indian River Lagoon, FL. (Gilmore and Hastijngs 1983)
Maximum Temperature (ºC)	30.5	Indian River Lagoon, FL. (Gilmore and Hastijngs 1983)
Minimum Salinity (‰)	0	Indian River Lagoon, FL. (Gilmore and Hastijngs 1983)
Maximum Salinity (‰)	37	Indian River Lagoon, FL. (Gilmore and Hastijngs 1983)
Minimum Length (mm)	83	Smallest male with brood pouch (Dawson 1984)
Maximum Length (mm)	195	Robertson and Van Tassel 2015)
Broad Temperature Range	None	Subtropical-Tropical
Broad Salinity Range	None	Nontidal fresh to Euhaline

General Impacts

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References

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1998 Ichthyological Collection Catalog. <missing URL>



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McCosker, J.E., Dawson, C.E. (1975) Biotic passage through the Panama Canal, with particular reference to fishes, Marine Biology 30: 343-351

Oldfield, Ronald G.; Kakuturu, Abhinav; Lutterschmidt, William I.; Lorenz, O. Tom; Cohen, Adam E; Hendrickson, Dean A. . (2021) A tale of two Herichthys, Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 209(1): 1-18

Pestana, Lueji Barros; Dias, Gustavo Muniz; Marquesa, Antonio Carlos (2017) A century of introductions by coastal sessile marine invertebrates in Angola, South East Atlantic Ocean, Marine Pollution Bulletin 125: 426-a432

U.S. National Museum of Natural History 1996-2014 NMNH Fish Collection Database.. <missing URL>

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