The weather loach, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, has other common names, including weather fish, Chinese weather loach, Japanese weather loach, Dojo loach, and golden Dojo. It has been given nicknames such as eel fish, snake fish, and moustache fish.

When I was new to fish keeping, the first time I saw this fish for sale in a pet shop, with barbels hanging out around the mouth making it look like the head of a mop, I asked the shop keeper 'How much for that snake fish and does it bite?' The shop keeper laughed and informed me that I wasn't the first person to have approached her like this and probably wouldn't be the last.

LIFE IN THE WILD
The weather loach acquired its name due to the fact that it is sensitive to barometric pressure. When stormy weather is approaching it becomes hyperactive and excited, and starts dashing around from one place to another. Stormy weather is also the time for it to mate and lay eggs.

The weather loach comes to us from North-East Asia and Central and Eastern Europe. It is nocturnal in nature, and buries into the substrate with usually only the eyes being visible or head stuck out. Surprisingly, these loaches can be found in shallow waters including ditches! Apparently they have a substitute or second breathing apparatus in the form of their intestine, which they use to derive oxygen from the air. They can survive when oxygen levels ...

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