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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.
Although it has been defined as an extension of pneumoconiosis, there is no scientific evidence for a similar disease related to volcanic silica particle exposures. [8] Subsequently, the word was used in Frank Scully's puzzle book Bedside Manna, after which time, members of the N.P.L. campaigned to include the word in major dictionaries. [9] [10]
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 ...
Culter alburnus, the topmouth culter, is an East Asian species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the cyprinid genus Culter. Geographic distribution and habitat [ edit ]
Giuris margaritaceus, the snakehead gudgeon, Aporos sleeper, or ornate sleeper, is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae found in marine, brackish, and fresh waters from Madagascar to Melanesia. This species grows to a total length of 29 cm (11 in) with a maximum recorded weight of 171 g (6.0 oz).
Hypseleotris cyprinoides, the tropical carp-gudgeon or tropical bitterling-gudgeon, is a species of fish in the family Eleotridae found in fresh, brackish, and marine coastal waters from Africa through southern Asia to the Pacific Islands. This amphidromous species can reach a length of 8 cm (3.1 in). [2]
The mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) is a small killifish found along the Atlantic coast of the United States and Canada.Also known as Atlantic killifish, mummies, gudgeons, and mud minnows, these fish inhabit brackish and coastal waters including estuaries and salt marshes.
Hypseleotris is a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae.Most are from fresh water in Australia and New Guinea, but species in fresh and brackish water are found around islands in the western Indian Ocean, southern and eastern Africa, southern and eastern Asia, and Pacific islands. [2]