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Misgurnus
Sign in to saveMisgurnus is a genus of true loaches found in Europe and Asia. The origin of the name Misgurnus comes from the Greek word (to hate) and the Turkish (loud), a name given to them due to their habit of becoming very active during barometric pressure changes that occur during thunderstorms. The common names, weather loach or weatherfish, also derive from this behavior. Some species of misgurnus are eaten, mostly in Asia, and are also sold as pets in the aquarium trade. Their average size can range from 6 to over 12 inches.
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Vinony's link graph records 35 inbound references to Misgurnus, and connects out to Paramisgurnus, Europe and Asia.
Vinony files it under Cobitidae and Misgurnus.
Vinony links it to 27 Wikipedia language editions.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCobitidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 113
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Cobitidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- China, South Korea
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Misgurnus is a genus of true loaches found in Europe and Asia. The origin of the name Misgurnus comes from the Greek word (to hate) and the Turkish (loud), a name given to them due to their habit of becoming very active during barometric pressure changes that occur during thunderstorms. The common names, weather loach or weatherfish, also derive from this behavior. Some species of misgurnus are eaten, mostly in Asia, and are also sold as pets in the aquarium trade. Their average size can range from 6 to over 12 inches.
==Species== There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus: Misgurnus amamianus Nakajima & Hashiguchi, 2022 Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) (pond loach, oriental weatherfish) Misgurnus bipartitus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) Misgurnus buphoensis R. T. Kim & S. Y. Park, 1995 Misgurnus chipisaniensis Shedko & Vasil'eva, 2022 Misgurnus dabryanus (Guichenot, 1872) Misgurnus fossilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (weatherfish) Misgurnus mohoity (Dybowski, 1869) Misgurnus multimaculatus Rendahl (de), 1944 Misgurnus nahangensis (Nguyen & Bui, 2009) Misgurnus nikolskyi Vasil'eva, 2001 Misgurnus tonkinensis Rendahl, 1937
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