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The stone moroko (Pseudorasbora parva), also known as the topmouth gudgeon, [1] is a fish belonging to the Cyprinidae family, native to Asia, but introduced and now considered an invasive species in Europe and North America. The fish's size is rarely above 8 cm and usually 2 to 7.5 cm (0.79 to 2.95 in) long.
Gobio is a genus of typical gudgeons, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae many of which are endemics of south-eastern Europe.Members of the genus are usually small fish, rarely longer than 10 cm. [1]
Non-native invasive species can disrupt ecosystems because they do not have natural predators, or other ecological checks-and-balances. Thus, with less competition from native species, non-native populations can explode. [9] Invasive insects and pathogens have eliminated entire tree species from forests of the United States in as little as decades.
A controlled study comparing six native fish species with the introduced (and invasive) eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) on consuming larvae of the common banded mosquito (Culex annulirostris) in Brisbane found that the empire gudgeon was as efficient at eating mosquito larvae as the eastern mosquitofish and is a good candidate for ...
Mogurnda mogurnda, commonly known as the northern trout gudgeon or northern purple-spotted gudgeon is a freshwater fish native to northern Australia and New Guinea. [ 2 ] References
Mogurnda adspersa (commonly known as the southern purple-spotted gudgeon) is a species of endangered gudgeon that is endemic to south-eastern mainland Australia (the states of South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria and Queensland). [2] [3] The fish is brown, although the shade becomes lighter near its abdomen. Spots of various colours ...
The Dalmatian barbelgudgeon (Aulopyge huegelii) is a European ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae.It is the only member of the monotypic genus Aulopyge.The genus name is derived from the ancient Greek aulós (αὐλός, "flute") + pygé (πῦγή, "behind, rump"), and thus means approximately "fluted tail-stem".
Oxyeleotris selheimi (W. J. Macleay, 1884) (giant gudgeon) Oxyeleotris siamensis (Günther, 1861) Oxyeleotris stagnicola G. R. Allen, Hortle & Renyaan, 2000 (Swamp gudgeon) Oxyeleotris urophthalmoides (Bleeker, 1853) Oxyeleotris urophthalmus (Bleeker, 1851) Oxyeleotris wisselensis G. R. Allen & Boeseman, 1982 (Paniai gudgeon)