Misgurnus

Misgurnus is a genus of true loaches found in Europe and Asia. The origin of the name Misgurnus comes from the Greek word miseo (to hate) and the Turkish gür (loud), a name given to them due to their habit of becoming very active during barometric pressure changes that occur during thunderstorms. The common names, weather loach or weatherfish, also derive from this behavior. Some species of misgurnus are eaten, mostly in Asia, and are also sold as pets in the aquarium trade.

Misgurnus
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Genus: Misgurnus
Lacepède, 1803
Type species
Cobitis fossilis
Linnaeus, 1758

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
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See also

References
  1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.


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