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Microphilypnus
Microphilypnus is a genus of small sleeper gobies native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America. At up to 2.4 cm (0.94 in) in standard length, they are among the smallest sleeper gobies, but however larger than the Leptophilypnion sleeper gobies from the same region. The bottom-dwelling Microphilypnus are typically found in shallow water among leaf-litter or partially buried in sand, and they can be very abundant in their habitat. Their small size combined with a...
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Microphilypnus ternetzi
speciesMicrophilypnus ternetzi
Microphilypnus macrostoma
speciesMicrophilypnus macrostoma
Microphilypnus acangaquara
speciesMicrophilypnus acangaquara
Microphilypnus hypolyrasimeion
speciesMicrophilypnus hypolyrasimeion
Microphilypnus tapajosensis
speciesMicrophilypnus tapajosensis
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89945.