Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Oriental Weatherloach)
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Oriental Weatherloach)
Family: Cobitidae
Status: Introduced.
Size: Can grow up to 30.5cm.
Description: Thin cylindrical eel like body; green brown in colour mottled above and pale below with dark spot at the tail. Covered in mucus and very slippery, 5 pairs of barbless on the mouth. Rounded tail fin sexes can be distinguished by the shape of the anal fin.
Location: Slow silty habitats in the Murrumbidgee Catchment, Snowy and Canberra lakes.
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is listed in the following regions:
Species information
- Misgurnus anguillicaudatus Scientific name
- Oriental Weatherloach Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 626.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Maps
City Renewal Authority Area Gungaderra Creek Ponds Isabella Pond Jerrabomberra Wetlands Lyneham Wetland O'Connor Ridge to Gungahlin Grasslands QPRC LGA Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland Upper Stranger Pond -
Places
Environa, NSW Franklin, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Griffith, ACT Isabella Plains, ACT Kaleen, ACT Lyneham, ACT Monash, ACT Throsby, ACT
