Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

Oriental Weatherloach at Gungaderra Creek Ponds

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus at Gungaderra Creek Ponds - 12 Mar 2024
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus at Gungaderra Creek Ponds - 12 Mar 2024
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus at Gungaderra Creek Ponds - 12 Mar 2024
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Misgurnus anguillicaudatus 18 Mar 2024 MichaelMulvaney
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus 15 Mar 2024 trevorpreston
Unidentified 12 Mar 2024 rbannister

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Found while filling a bucket to water nearby plantings. Released after pictures taken.

6 comments

trevorpreston wrote:
   12 Mar 2024
Is it a slug? If so its Limax maximus.
rbannister wrote:
   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
@Matt-Beitzel @danswell Spotting colouration doesn't seem to match with weatherloach? what do you think
   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.
danswell wrote:
   17 Mar 2024
Yes weatherloach. Variable patterns like that are common
   18 Mar 2024
Thanks you Danswell and Steve

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