How many species of Misgurnus ?

Bissgurre · Post by **Bissgurre** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:40 am

Hello everybody,

I am new in this forum and I am very interested in loaches, especially in the genus Misgurnus.

I have done many research on the internet to find out how many Misgurnus species are worldwide existing. But I got no clear results.

I keep M. anguillicaudatus, M. fossilis and M. mizolepis.

In the literature I found another species: M. bipartitus from northern China and Mongolia.

Are there more species ? Does somebody know literature about this genus ?
Does somebody know literature to identify the non-european kinds ?

You would help me very much ! Thanks in advance from Germany,

Frank

mikev · Post by **mikev** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:47 am

Hi,

The easiest way to answer this type of question is to query fishbase, like this.

The info is not always up to date and not always correct, but it gets you started.

Mad Duff · Post by **Mad Duff** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:50 am

There are 31 (accepted & synonyms) according to catalogue of life http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-c ... rch+%3E%3E

Bissgurre · Post by **Bissgurre** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:39 pm

thank you a lot !

piggy4 · Post by **piggy4** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:32 pm

Every time i think Misgurnus , i think of the european Fossilis , i wonder if any of our European friends here on this site , keep them ?

Emma Turner · Post by **Emma Turner** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:07 pm

Maybe Frank (Bissgurre) would like to share his experiences with M. fossilis with us? Also pictures too, if you have taken any, Frank.

Emma

piggy4 · Post by **piggy4** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:12 pm

That would be great , come on Frank .

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