2481 Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854) Syngnathidae Pipefishes and seahorses Nerophinae Syngnathiformes Teleostei Short-tailed pipefish Asia and Oceania: Sri Lanka, southern India, Nicobar Islands and eastward to Japan and the Society Islands. Records from Puerto Rico and USA need confirmation. Africa: east coast from Kenya south to KwaZulu-Natal area, also Madagascar and Mauritius (Ref. 7248, 52193). Africa: Côte d'Ivoire (Ref. 272). Western Atlantic: Atlantic coast of Florida, Bahamas, northern and southern Gulf of Mexico, Antilles, central and south American coasts to Brazil (Ref. 26938). GCRL 15647 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 16106 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 384 1961 Microphis brachyurus AMNH 226192 1963 Microphis brachyurus NMZB 1685 18 S 36 E 1965 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 1589 1966 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 1612 1966 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 2077 1967 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 2296 1967 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 2751 1968 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 2752 1968 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 2753 1968 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 2754 1968 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 2755 1968 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 2756 1968 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 9085 1968 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 3686 1969 Microphis brachyurus 1 m GCRL 3717 1969 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 3840 1969 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 3841 1969 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 3842 1969 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 3875 1969 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 3891 1969 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 3892 1969 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 3893 1969 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 4026 1969 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 4436 1969 Microphis brachyurus 1 m GCRL 4481 1969 Microphis brachyurus 1 m AMNH 72703 1970 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 4610 1970 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 4631 1970 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 4712 1970 Microphis brachyurus 1 m GCRL 4733 1970 Microphis brachyurus 2 m GCRL 4807 1970 Microphis brachyurus 1 m GCRL 4813 1970 Microphis brachyurus 1 m GCRL 4933 1970 Microphis brachyurus 1 m GCRL 5731 1970 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 15537 1971 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 6515 1971 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 6530 1971 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 6556 1971 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 7853 1971 Microphis brachyurus 2 m GCRL 7854 1971 Microphis brachyurus 1 m GCRL 7975 1971 Microphis brachyurus 1 m GCRL 10226 1972 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 10271 1972 Microphis brachyurus 1 m GCRL 11805 1972 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 13748 1972 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 15552 1972 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 7973 1972 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 9240 1972 Microphis brachyurus 1 m GCRL 9453 1972 Microphis brachyurus 1 m GCRL 12659 1974 Microphis brachyurus 1 m GCRL 12671 1974 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 12758 1974 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 12776 1974 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 13090 1974 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 13349 1974 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 13359 1974 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 13396 1974 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 13747 1974 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 14246 1974 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 21938 1974 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 13888 1975 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 13991 1975 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 14094 1975 Microphis brachyurus FW O1330-T 1976 Oostethus brachyurus GCRL 14543 1976 Microphis brachyurus 1 m GCRL 16400 1976 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 16402 1976 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 16404 1976 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 16405 1976 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 16406 1976 Microphis brachyurus FW O1294-T 1977 Oostethus brachyurus GCRL 16401 1977 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 16403 1977 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 16258 1978 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 16994 1978 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 18830 1978 Microphis brachyurus AMNH 87067 1979 Oostethus brachyurus GCRL 16947 1980 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 16983 1980 Microphis brachyurus GCRL 20457 1981 Microphis brachyurus AMNH 72137 1982 Oostethus brachyurus SUML-FI SNG 0018 1982 Oostethus brachyurus AMNH 72962 1983 Oostethus brachyurus AMNH 72998 1983 Oostethus brachyurus AMNH 73061 1983 Oostethus brachyurus AMNH 88100 1988 Microphis brachyurus AMNH 88168 1988 Microphis brachyurus AMNH 59385 1990 Microphis brachyurus AMNH 96967 1990 Microphis brachyurus AMNH 96970 1990 Microphis brachyurus AMNH 96979 1990 Microphis brachyurus AMNH 96988 1990 Microphis brachyurus AMNH 97032 1990 Microphis brachyurus AMNH 97036 1990 Microphis brachyurus AMNH 228066 1998 Microphis brachyurus AMNH 230838 2000 Microphis brachyurus AMNH 230848 2000 Microphis brachyurus