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| Misgurnus | |
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| Misgurnus fossilis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cobitidae |
| Genus: | Misgurnus Lacepède, 1803 |
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| Cobitis fossilis Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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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. Their average size can range from 6 inches (150 mm) to over 12 inches (300 mm).
Species
[edit]There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Misgurnus amamianus Nakajima & Hashiguchi, 2022[3]
- Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) (pond loach, oriental weatherfish)
- Misgurnus bipartitus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
- Misgurnus buphoensis R. T. Kim & S. Y. Park, 1995
- Misgurnus chipisaniensis Shedko & Vasil'eva, 2022
- Misgurnus dabryanus (Guichenot, 1872)
- Misgurnus fossilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (weatherfish)
- Misgurnus mohoity (Dybowski, 1869)
- Misgurnus multimaculatus Rendahl (de), 1944
- Misgurnus nahangensis (Nguyen & Bui, 2009)
- Misgurnus nikolskyi Vasil'eva, 2001
- Misgurnus psammismus (Richardson, 1846)
- Misgurnus tonkinensis Rendahl, 1937
See also
[edit]- Paramisgurnus dabryanus, a closely related species
- Cobitis taenia, sometimes called "spotted weather loach"
References
[edit]- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cobitidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Misgurnus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
- ↑ Jun Nakajima and Yasuyuki Hashiguchi (2022). "A New Species of the Genus Misgurnus (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae) from Ryukyu Islands, Japan". Zootaxa. 5162 (5): 525–540. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5162.5.4. PMID 36095491.
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