Basic information |
Scientific name |
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus |
Click to magnify
|
Common names |
Oriental weatherfish |
Higher taxon |
Cobitidae, Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii |
Natural range |
Amur and southern area, continental China, Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, Hainan Is. N Vietnam, Ayeyarwady River, and Japan including Ryukyu Archipelago. |
Habitat |
Swamps, rice fields, and small streams. Usually occur in lowland. |
Invasion information |
Range in Japan |
Populations imported from China and South Korea may escape and be established in wide area. Details unknown. |
|
Origin |
China and South Korea. |
Date |
Unknown. |
Route |
Deliberate: Possibly escape of weatherfishes for food from China and South Korea. |
Impact |
Potentially: Hybridization and competition with native populations. Native organism(s) affected: Native conspecific populations. |
Regulation in Japan |
No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication. |
Introduced range in other countries |
Germany, Italy, Turkmenistan, USA mainland, Australia, Hawaii, Philippine, Palau, et. |