Loaches Online Forum

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

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.

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

thank you a lot !

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 ?

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

Emma

That would be great , come on Frank .