Minyichthys myersi

Minyichthys myersi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Family:	Syngnathidae
Genus:	Minyichthys
Species:	M. myersi
Binomial name
	Minyichthys myersi; (Herald & J. E. Randall, 1972)
Synonyms
	Micrognathus myersi Herald & Randall, 1972;

Minyichthys myersi, also known as Myer's pipefish, is a species of marine fish belonging to the family Syngnathidae.^[1] They can be found inhabiting coral in many areas of the Indo-Pacific including Mauritius, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and French Polynesia.^[2]^[3] Their diet likely consists of small crustaceans such as copepods and amphipods.^[4] Reproduction occurs through ovoviviparity in which the males brood eggs before giving live birth.^[2]

Etymology[edit]

The fish is named in honor of George S. Myers (1905-1985), from Stanford University.^[5]

^ ^a ^b Pollom, R. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b Dawson, C.E. (1985). Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas). Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA: The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.
^ Randall, J.E.; Mckeon, C.S.; Anker, A.; Bacchet, P. (2010). "First records of the pipefishes Minyichthys myersi and Micrognathus andersonii from the Society Islands". Cybium. 34 (3): 315–316.
^ Kendrick, A.J.; Hyndes, G.A. (2005). "Variations in the dietary compositions of morphologically diverse syngnathid fishes". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 72 (4): 415–427. doi:10.1007/s10641-004-2597-y. S2CID 23797922.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SYNGNATHIFORMES: Families AULOSTOMIDAE, CENTRISCIDAE, FISTULARIIDAE, SOLENOSTOMIDAE and SYNGNATHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

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