Microphilypnus

Microphilypnus
Scientific classification
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]

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". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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.
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
Amazonian Fish: Gobiformes. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
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.

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[CoF-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Microphilypnus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

[fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Microphilypnus in FishBase. October 2013 version.

[Roberts2013-3] 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.

[Carvalho2006-4] 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

[AmFish-5] Amazonian Fish: Gobiformes. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[Caires2013-6] 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.