Weatherfish
(Misgurnus fossilis)

Classification

Species: Misgurnus fossilis
Genus: Misgurnus - True Loaches
Family: Cobitidae - True loaches
Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Weatherfish
Habitat: Freshwater
Climates: Subtropical, Temperate, Continental
Native: Europe, Asia
Distribution: Neva, Volga, Don, Daugava (Western Dvina), Ural, Caspian Sea, Kuban, Rhine, Meuse (Maas), Rhone, Dnieper, Vistula, Danube

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