Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Oriental Weatherloach at Gungaderra Creek Ponds
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| Misgurnus anguillicaudatus | MichaelMulvaney | 18 Mar 2024 | |
| Misgurnus anguillicaudatus | trevorpreston | 15 Mar 2024 | |
| Unverified | rbannister | 12 Mar 2024 |
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Found while filling a bucket to water nearby plantings. Released after pictures taken.
6 comments
15 Mar 2024
@trevorpreston Definitely a fish. Didn't get a great photo, but it had a kinda catfishy face. Bruno Ferronato suggested weatherloach when I showed it to him.
16 Mar 2024
16 Mar 2024
I’ve encountered these quite a bit, it’s an Oriental weatherloach for sure. The description of a ‘catfishy face’ only confirms it even further.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.136356-35.205478
- Altitude 626.4m
- Maps Gungaderra Creek Ponds
- Places Franklin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Mar 2024 11:44 AM Recorded on
- rbannister Recorded by
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- Fish Exotic Fish Other Exotic Fish rbannister Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Species information
- Misgurnus anguillicaudatus Scientific name
- Oriental Weatherloach Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 626.4m Recorded at altitude
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