- Misgurnus
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- "Weatherfish" and "weather loach" redirect here. The species Cobitis taenia is sometimes called "spotted weather loach".
Misgurnus Misgurnus fossilis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cobitidae Subfamily: Cobitinae Genus: Misgurnus
Lacepède, 1803Misgurnus is a genus of loaches. Commonly known as weatherfishes or weather loaches, they are commonly eaten in Asia.
Species
- Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) (Pond Loach)
- Misgurnus buphoensis R. T. Kim & S. Y. Park, 1995
- Misgurnus fossilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Weatherfish)
- Misgurnus mizolepis Günther, 1888
- Misgurnus mohoity (Dybowski, 1869)
- Misgurnus nikolskyi Vasil'eva, 2001
- Misgurnus tonkinensis Rendahl, 1937
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Misgurnus in FishBase. August 2011 version.
See also
- Loach
- European weather loach
- Oriental weather loach
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