Biology:Microphilypnus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Eleotridae |
| Genus: | Microphilypnus G. S. Myers, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Microphilypnus ternetzi G. S. Myers, 1927[1]
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Microphilypnus is a genus of small fishes in the family Eleotridae native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America. At up to 2.4 cm (0.94 in) in standard length,[2] they are among the smallest sleeper gobies, but however larger than the Leptophilypnion sleeper gobies from the same region.[3] The bottom-dwelling Microphilypnus are typically found in shallow water among leaf-litter or partially buried in sand,[4] and they can be very abundant in their habitat.[5] Their small size combined with a speckled and semi-transparent appearance makes them highly cryptic.[4] They somewhat resemble certain freshwater shrimp (Palaemonetes and Pseudopalaemon), as well as Priocharax characins, and they sometimes group together.[4] Microphilypnus feed on tiny invertebrates.[5]
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:[2][6]
- Microphilypnus acangaquara Caires & J. L. de Figueiredo, 2011
- Microphilypnus amazonicus G. S. Myers, 1927
- Microphilypnus macrostoma G. S. Myers, 1927
- Microphilypnus tapajosensis Caires, 2013[6]
- Microphilypnus ternetzi G. S. Myers, 1927
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Microphilypnus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=6998.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Microphilypnus in FishBase. October 2013 version.
- ↑ Roberts, T.R. (2013): Leptophilypnion, a new genus with two new species of tiny central Amazonian gobioid fishes (Teleostei, Eleotridae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 19 (2): 85-98.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Carvalho, L.N.; J. Zuanon; and I. Sazima (2006). The almost invisible league: crypsis and association between minute fishes and shrimps as a possible defence against visually hunting predators. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 4(2). doi:10.1590/S1679-62252006000200008
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Amazonian Fish: Gobiformes. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Caires, R.A. (2013): Microphilypnus tapajosensis, a new species of eleotridid from the Tapajós basin, Brazil (Gobioidei: Eleotrididae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (2): 155-160.
Wikidata ☰ Q11845524 entry
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