Introduced range Australia Imported into Australia in the 1960s as an aquarium species, M. anguillicaudatus was first detected in the wild in 1980, and its further importation was banned in 1986. M. anguillicaudatus is a declared Class 1 noxious species in New South Wales, as it has become established in several NSW rivers. including the Murray River extending downstream into South Australia. United States Between 2010 and 2020 M. anguillicaudatus was found in 10 states of the United States including Alabama and Georgia. The Georgia find was in November 2020 in McNutt Creek in Athens on the border between Clarke and Oconee. This indicates eastern Georgia is environmentally suitable for it, and so if not stopped M. anguillicaudatus is expected to spread through the area. That could include the downstream and adjacent rivers, the Middle Oconee, the North Oconee, the Oconee River itself, the Ocmulgee, and the Altamaha. As of November 2021, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, this species has also been captured from the wild in Illinois (including many captures in the Chicago area), New York, Ohio, Michigan, Washington, Oregon, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Louisiana, and southern California. See also Loach European weather loach Dojō nabe References Bibliography How to Keep Your New Weather Loach External links GLANSIS Species FactSheet Misgurnus Commercial fish Freshwater fish of China Freshwater fish of Japan Fish of Korea Fish of Russia Freshwater fish of Taiwan Fish of Vietnam Taxa named by Theodore Edward Cantor Fish described in 1842