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Weatherfishes
Misgurnus
Misgurnus is a genus of loaches from Europe and Asia. Commonly known as weatherfishes or weather loaches, they are commonly eaten in Asia, while some have found their way into the aquarium trades and sold as pets. The origin of the name Misgurnus comes from the Greek word miseo (to hate) and the Turkish gür (stentorian), a name given to them due to their habit of becoming very active during barometric pressure changes that occur during...
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species
Oriental Weatherfish
speciesMisgurnus anguillicaudatus
Large-scale Loach
speciesMisgurnus dabryanus
European Weatherfish
speciesMisgurnus fossilis
Amur Weatherfish
speciesMisgurnus mohoity
Nikolsky's weatherfish
speciesMisgurnus nikolskyi
Misgurnus chipisaniensis
speciesMisgurnus chipisaniensis
Misgurnus amamianus
speciesMisgurnus amamianus
Misgurnus nahangensis
speciesMisgurnus nahangensis
Tumen loach
speciesMisgurnus buphoensis
Misgurnus bipartitus
speciesMisgurnus bipartitus
Vietnamese weatherfish
speciesMisgurnus multimaculatus
Hanoi weatherfish
speciesMisgurnus tonkinensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89990.