WoRMS taxon details
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842)
991279 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:991279)
accepted
Species
Cobitis anguillicaudata Cantor, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)
Misgurnus aguillicadatus (Cantor, 1842) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Misgurnus crossochilus Sauvage, 1878 · unaccepted (synonym)
Misgurnus elongatus Kimura, 1934 · unaccepted (synonym)
Misgurnus fossilis anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Misgurnus mizolepis elongatus Kimura, 1934 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Misgurnus mizolepis grangeri Nichols, 1925 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Misgurnus mizolepis punctatus Oshima, 1926 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Misgurnus mizolepis unicolor Lin, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Misgurnus mohoity leopardus Nichols, 1925 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Misgurnus mohoity yunnan Nichols, 1925 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Misgurnus punctatus Oshima, 1926 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nemacheilus lividus Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Nemachilus lividus Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ussuria leptocephala Nikolskii, 1903 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Cobitis anguillicaudata Cantor, 1842) Cantor,T. (1842). General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 9: 265-278, 360-370, 481-493., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18684477
page(s): 485 [details]
page(s): 485 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=991279 on 2026-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Misgurnus elongatus Kimura, 1934) Kimura, S. (1934). Description of the fishes collected from the Yangtze-kiang, China, by the late Dr. K. Kishinouye and his party in 1927-1929. <em>Journal of the Shanghai Science Institute.</em> 1: 11-247, Pls. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Misgurnus punctatus Oshima, 1926) Oshima, M. (1926). Notes on a collection of fishes from Hainan, obtained by Prof. S. F. Light. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 11 (1): 1-25. [details]
original description (of Misgurnus crossochilus Sauvage, 1878) Sauvage, H.-E. (1878). Note sur quelques Cyprinidae et Cobitidae d'espèces inédites, provenant des eaux douces de la Chine. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> 2: 86-90. [details]
original description (of Cobitis anguillicaudata Cantor, 1842) Cantor,T. (1842). General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 9: 265-278, 360-370, 481-493., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18684477
page(s): 485 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Misgurnus punctatus Oshima, 1926) Oshima, M. (1926). Notes on a collection of fishes from Hainan, obtained by Prof. S. F. Light. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 11 (1): 1-25. [details]
original description (of Misgurnus crossochilus Sauvage, 1878) Sauvage, H.-E. (1878). Note sur quelques Cyprinidae et Cobitidae d'espèces inédites, provenant des eaux douces de la Chine. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série).</em> 2: 86-90. [details]
original description (of Cobitis anguillicaudata Cantor, 1842) Cantor,T. (1842). General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 9: 265-278, 360-370, 481-493., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18684477
page(s): 485 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (171 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Misgurnus lividus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874))
To Fishbase
To FishBase (from synonym Misgurnus elongatus Kimura, 1934)
To Fishbase (from synonym Misgurnus elongatus Kimura, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Misgurnus punctatus Oshima, 1926)
To Fishbase (from synonym Misgurnus punctatus Oshima, 1926)
To FishBase (from synonym Misgurnus crossochilus Sauvage, 1878)
To Fishbase (from synonym Misgurnus crossochilus Sauvage, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Nemachilus lividus Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
To Fishbase (from synonym Nemachilus lividus Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Cobitis anguillicaudata Cantor, 1842)
To GenBank (105877 nucleotides; 55663 proteins)
To GenBank (105877 nucleotides; 55663 proteins) (from synonym Cobitis anguillicaudata Cantor, 1842)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Cobitis anguillicaudata Cantor, 1842; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:4118174) (from synonym Cobitis anguillicaudata Cantor, 1842)
To NHMUK collection (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842); SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2577058)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Misgurnus lividus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874))
To Fishbase
To FishBase (from synonym Misgurnus elongatus Kimura, 1934)
To Fishbase (from synonym Misgurnus elongatus Kimura, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Misgurnus punctatus Oshima, 1926)
To Fishbase (from synonym Misgurnus punctatus Oshima, 1926)
To FishBase (from synonym Misgurnus crossochilus Sauvage, 1878)
To Fishbase (from synonym Misgurnus crossochilus Sauvage, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Nemachilus lividus Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
To Fishbase (from synonym Nemachilus lividus Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
To FishBase (from synonym Cobitis anguillicaudata Cantor, 1842)
To GenBank (105877 nucleotides; 55663 proteins)
To GenBank (105877 nucleotides; 55663 proteins) (from synonym Cobitis anguillicaudata Cantor, 1842)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Cobitis anguillicaudata Cantor, 1842; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:4118174) (from synonym Cobitis anguillicaudata Cantor, 1842)
To NHMUK collection (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842); SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2577058)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
Hosted externally
