Invasion History

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

Panama Invasion History:


Invasion history elsewhere in the world:

None


Description

None


Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Chordata
Subphylum:   Vertebrata
Superclass:   Osteichthyes
Class:   Actinopterygii
Order:   Syngnathiformes
Family:   Syngnathidae
Genus:   Microphis
Species:   brachyurus lineatus

Synonyms

Doryichthys lineatus (Kaup, 1856)
Doryrhamphus sierra (Nichols, 1915)
Syngnathus cayennensis (Sauvage, 1882)
Siphostoma torrei (Nichols, 1912)
Siphostoma eigenmanni (Wilson, 1916)
Oostethus lineatus (Hubbs, 1929)
Microphis brachyurus lineatus (Daawson, 1984)

Potentially Misidentified Species

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

Habitats

General HabitatFresh (nontidal) MarshNone
General HabitatCoarse Woody DebrisNone
General HabitatGrass BedNone
General HabitatNontidal FreshwaterNone
General HabitatTidal Fresh MarshNone
General HabitatSalt-brackish marshNone
General HabitatUnstructured BottomNone
General HabitatCanalsNone
General HabitatMangrovesNone
Salinity RangeLimnetic0-0.5 PSU
Salinity RangeMesohaline5-18 PSU
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Salinity RangeEuhaline30-40 PSU
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone
Vertical HabitatNektonicNone


Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Maximum Depth (m)15Indian River Lagoon, FL. (Gilmore and Hastijngs 1983)
Maximum Temperature (ºC)30.5Indian River Lagoon, FL. (Gilmore and Hastijngs 1983)
Minimum Salinity (‰)0Indian River Lagoon, FL. (Gilmore and Hastijngs 1983)
Maximum Salinity (‰)37Indian River Lagoon, FL. (Gilmore and Hastijngs 1983)
Minimum Length (mm)83Smallest male with brood pouch (Dawson 1984)
Maximum Length (mm)195Robertson and Van Tassel 2015)
Broad Temperature RangeNoneSubtropical-Tropical
Broad Salinity RangeNoneNontidal fresh to Euhaline

General Impacts


Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast 1971 Def Estab

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

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



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