Australian Capital Territory
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
New South Wales
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
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:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga
Maps
City Renewal Authority Area Gungaderra Creek Ponds Gungaderra Grasslands Isabella Pond Jerrabomberra Wetlands Lyneham Wetland O'Connor Ridge to Gungahlin Grasslands Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland Umbagong District Park Upper Stranger PondPlaces
Fyshwick, ACT Kaleen, ACT Macgregor, ACT Mitchell, ACT
