What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Pond loach been recorded?

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus occurrence evidence comes from 1,878 records in 17 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2025. Most records come from South Korea.

Pond loach
Pond loach — Photo (display-sized rendition) via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
CypriniformesCobitidaeMisgurnus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,878 records across 17 countries and territories, 1860–2025.

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus · GBIF taxon key 2367919

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

11 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18602025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Pond loach has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Pond loach. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
South Korea 1,364
United States 302
Italy 70
Australia 43
China 29
Japan 22
Taiwan 12
Germany 9
Belize 8
Russia 5
Spain 4
Canada 3
Philippines 2
Vietnam 2
Netherlands 1
Palau 1
Sweden 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.