Gudgeons

[Dwarfs]

Are definately Morgurnda adspersa, Morgurnda morgurnda has a rounder head and lacks the distinct horizontal lines of spots down the flank having a more mottled "spotted" pattern. Morgurnda morgurnda is also a rarer fish in the hobby.

Probably why they aren't so cheap

 

[Michael Roth]

Are definately Morgurnda adspersa, Morgurnda morgurnda has a rounder head and lacks the distinct horizontal lines of spots down the flank having a more mottled "spotted" pattern. Morgurnda morgurnda is also a rarer fish in the hobby.

are you sure?

http/www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au/thr/specie...ted-gudgeon.htm

 

[Michael Roth]

here is another pic of one of them

 

[cutechic]

Very nice

 

[CFC]

are you sure?

Yes, many of the 25 or so Morgurnda species i am aware of are endangered in the wild due to introduction of foreign species and habbitat destruction, all the fish we see in the hobby are captive bred. Luckily M.adspersa and M.morgurnda are both easy to breed so there are sizable captive bred populations of both in the hobby but the adspersa seems to be the more common, at least here in the UK anyway.


Young M.morgurnda, note the lack of horizontal lines of spots down the flank

Young M.adspersa, note the spots are in horizontal lines down the flank