Species: Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Oriental Weatherfish
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cobitidae
Genus
Misgurnus
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Other Bony Fishes
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Cypriniformes - Cobitidae - Misgurnus
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Omnivorous.
Reproduction Comments
Eggs adhesive.
Ecology Comments
Intestinal accessory respiratory organ enables this species to survive in deoxygenated water.
Length
22
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-09-19
Global Status Last Changed
1996-09-19
Distribution
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Global Range
Native to eastern Asia. Introduced (due to escapes from aquarium supply companies in 1930s) and established in headwaters of Shiawassee River, Oakland County, Michigan; Harton Davis Canal, Ada County, Idaho; and in several flood control canals in Huntington Beach and Westminster, Orange County, California; common (Lee et al. 1980, Courtenay et al. 1987, Page and Burr 1991). Has been collected in Florida and Oregon, where not known to be established (Robins et al. 1991).