Paramisgurnus dabryanus

Basic information
Scientific name	Paramisgurnus dabryanus	Click to magnify
Common names	Kara-dojou
Higher taxon	Cobitidae, Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Continental China, Hainan Is., Taiwan, Indochina Peninsula, and Korean Peninsula.
Habitat	In and around rice field.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Miyagi, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Shizuoka, Nagano, Fukui, Mie, Shiga, Nara, Kagawa and Ehime Prefs., for example. Details unknown, due to difficulty of identification (similar to a native weatherfish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus).
Origin	China or South Korea.
Date	Unknown.
Route	Accidental: Hitchhiking on imported weatherfish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Impact	Potentially: Competition and hybridization with native weatherfish. Native organism(s) affected: Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
Regulation in Japan	Release of this species is prohibited in Aichi Pref.
Introduced range in other countries	None.

Reference

Notes

Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase (Accessed on 2010-12-09) http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm
Horii et al. (2009) Aquatic organisms of irrigation reservoirs in the Yamato Plain, Nara Prefecture. Bull Biogeogr Soc Japan. 64, 149-164 (in Jpn with English abst)
Matsuzawa & Senou (2008) Alien fishes of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Miyaji et al. (1963) Freshwater Fishes of Japan in Color. Hoikusha, Osaka (in Jpn)
Umemura et al. (2011) First record of Paramisgurnus dabryanus Accompanied with the invasion of Chinese lineage of Misgurnus anguillicaudatus in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Bull Biogeogr Soc Japan. 66, 85-92 (in Jpn with English abst)
Shimizu & Takagi (2010) Two genetic clades in populations of Paramisgurnus dabryanus, an exotic invader in Ehime Prefecture. Japanese Journal of　Ichthyology. 57, 125-134 (in Jpn with English abst)
DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki, Tokyo (in Jpn)
etc.