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| taxon = Microphis deocata<br />
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'''''Microphis deocata''''', also known as the '''rainbow belly pipefish''' or '''deocata pipefish''' is a species of fish belonging to the family [[Syngnathidae]].<ref name="IUCN" /> This freshwater species can be found in the [[Ganges]] and [[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]] rivers in [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="Dawson1985">{{cite book|title=Indo-Pacific Pipefishes (Red Sea to the Americas)|last1=Dawson|first1=C.E.|date=1985|publisher=The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory|location=Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA.}}</ref> Its diet likely consists of insect [[larva]]e and small [[crustacean]]s.<ref name="Kendrick2005">{{cite journal|last1=Kendrick|first1=A.J.|last2=Hyndes|first2=G.A.|date=2005|title=Variations in the dietary compositions of morphologically diverse syngnathid fishes|journal=Environmental Biology of Fishes|volume=72|pages=415–427}}</ref> Reproduction occurs through [[ovoviviparity]] in which males brood eggs before giving live birth.<ref name="Breder1966">{{cite book|title=Modes of reproduction in fishes|last1=Breder|first1=C.M.|last2=Rosen|first2=D.E.|date=1966|publisher=T.F.H. Publications|location=Neptune City, New Jersey, USA.}}</ref> ''Microphis deocata'' is currently considered a near threatened species likely due to the effect of hydrological alterations on their freshwater habitat as well as overfishing, pollution, sedimentation, and invasive species.<ref name="Sarkar2012">{{cite journal|last1=Sarkar|first1=U.K.|last2=Pathak|first2=A.K.|last3=Sinha|first3=R.K.|last4=Sivakumar|first4=K.|last5=Pandian|first5=A.K.|last6=Pandey|first6=A.|last7=Dubey|first7=V.K.|last8=Lakra|first8=W.S.|date=2012|title=Freshwater fish biodiversity in the River Ganga (India): changing pattern, threats and conservation perspectives|journal=Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries|volume=22|issue=1|pages=251–272}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://www.fishbase.se/summary/25100 ''Mincrophis deocata''] at FishBase<br />
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