The currently recognized species in this genus are: •
Microphis aculeatus (
Kaup, 1856) •
Microphis argulus (
W. K. H. Peters, 1855) (flat-nosed pipefish) •
Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854) (short-tailed pipefish) •
Microphis brevidorsalis (
de Beaufort, 1913) (stream pipefish) •
Microphis caudocarinatus (
M. C. W. Weber, 1907) (slender pipefish, Tawarin river pipefish) •
Microphis cruentus C. E. Dawson &
Fourmanoir, 1981 (Dumbéa River pipefish) •
Microphis cuncalus (
F. Hamilton, 1822) (crocodile-tooth pipefish) •
Microphis deocata (F. Hamilton, 1822) (green, rainbow belly, or deocata pipefish) •
Microphis dunckeri (
Prashad &
Mukerji, 1929) •
Microphis fluviatilis (W. K. H. Peters, 1852) (freshwater pipefish) •
Microphis insularis (
Hora, 1925) (Andaman pipefish) •
Microphis jagorii W. K. H. Peters, 1868 •
Microphis leiaspis (Bleeker, 1854) (barhead pipefish) •
Microphis lineatus (Kaup, 1856) (opossum pipefish) •
Microphis manadensis (Bleeker, 1856) (Manado pipefish) •
Microphis mento (Bleeker, 1856) (red pipefish) •
Microphis millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856) (thousand-spot pipefish) •
Microphis ocellatus (
Duncker, 1910) (ocellated pipefish) •
Microphis pleurostictus W. K. H. Peters, 1868 •
Microphis retzii (Bleeker, 1856) (ragged-tail pipefish) •
Microphis spinachioides (Duncker, 1915) (spinach pipefish) ==References==