Misgurnus
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- "Weatherfish" and "weather loach" redirect here. The species Cobitis taenia is sometimes called "spotted weather loach".
| Misgurnus | |
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| Misgurnus fossilis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cobitidae |
| Genus: | Misgurnus Lacepède, 1803 |
Misgurnus is a genus of loaches from Europe and Asia. Commonly known as weatherfishes or weather loaches, they are commonly eaten in Asia.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) (Pond Loach)
- Misgurnus buphoensis R. T. Kim & S. Y. Park, 1995
- Misgurnus fossilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Weatherfish)
- Misgurnus mohoity (Dybowski, 1869)
- Misgurnus multimaculatus Rendahl (de), 1944
- Misgurnus nikolskyi Vasil'eva, 2001
- Misgurnus tonkinensis Rendahl (de), 1937
References
- ↑ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
See also
- Loach
- European weather loach
- Oriental weather loach
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