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:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga
No sightings currently exist.
Species information
- Misgurnus anguillicaudatus Scientific name
- Oriental Weatherloach Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 626.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
