Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Oriental Weatherloach)
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Oriental Weatherloach)
Family: Cobitidae
Status: Introduced.
Size: Can grow up to 30.5cm.
Description: Thin cylindrical eel like body; green brown in colour mottled above and pale below with dark spot at the tail. Covered in mucus and very slippery, 5 pairs of barbless on the mouth. Rounded tail fin sexes can be distinguished by the shape of the anal fin.
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is listed in the following regions:
Species information
- Misgurnus anguillicaudatus Scientific name
- Oriental Weatherloach Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 626.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Maps
Albury City Renewal Authority Area Gungaderra Creek Ponds Gungaderra Grasslands Isabella Pond Jerrabomberra Wetlands Lyneham Wetland Normans Lagoon O'Connor Ridge to Gungahlin Grasslands Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland Upper Stranger Pond Wodonga -
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Fyshwick, ACT Mitchell, ACT
