Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Cypriniformes > Family Cobitidae > Subfamily Cobitinae > Genus Misgurnus

Misgurnus fossilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cobitis Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Misgurnus*	Lacepède, 1803	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cobitis fossilis*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bulgarian: viyun; zmiorche; Виюн sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: dyndsmerling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grote modderkruiper sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

English: mud loach; weather loach; weatherfish; weather-fish sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

English-United States: Mud loach; Weather Loach; Weatherfish; Weather-fish sources: english PESI focal point

French: kerlèche; loche d' étang; loche d'etang; loche d'étang; misgurne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

German: Europäischer Schlammpeitzger; Schlammbeißer; Schlammpeitzger sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

Greek: Μισγούρνος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: cobite di stagno sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: vijūnas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: piskorz sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: ţipar; varlan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: вьюн обыкновенный sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: činklja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: misgurno sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: balçıkyiyen; taşısıran balık; taşyiyen balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: в'юн; В'юн звичайний

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (124 publications)
Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
GenBank (80 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Misgurnus fossilis (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154352

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Misgurnus fossilis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304622