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Stone Moroco

Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

Status not recordedbony fish

The stone moroco (Pseudorasbora parva) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the stone moroco

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the stone moroco live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the stone moroco as introduced in 40 countries, and flagged as invasive in 18 of them.

  1. Bosnia & Herzegovinainvasive
  2. Denmarkinvasive
  3. Fijiinvasive
  4. Franceinvasive
  5. Germanyinvasive
  6. Hungaryinvasive
  7. Italyinvasive
  8. Laosinvasive
  9. Montenegroinvasive
  10. Polandinvasive
  11. Romaniainvasive
  12. Russiainvasive
  13. Serbiainvasive
  14. Slovakiainvasive
  15. Sloveniainvasive
  16. Türkiyeinvasive
  17. Ukraineinvasive
  18. United Kingdominvasive
  19. Afghanistan
  20. Albania
  21. Algeria
  22. Austria
  23. Azerbaijan
  24. Belarus
Show 16 more countries
  1. Belgium
  2. Bulgaria
  3. Croatia
  4. Cyprus
  5. Czechia
  6. Georgia
  7. Greece
  8. Iran
  9. Kazakhstan
  10. Luxembourg
  11. Moldova
  12. Morocco
  13. Netherlands
  14. Spain
  15. Switzerland
  16. Turkmenistan

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the stone moroco endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the stone moroco classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusPseudorasbora
  7. SpeciesPseudorasbora parva (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

Synonyms Fundulus virescens, Leuciscus parvus, Leuciscus pusillus, Micraspius mianowskii, Pseudorasbora altipinna, Pseudorasbora depressirostris, Pseudorasbora fowleri, Pseudorasbora monstrosa, Pseudorasbora parva parvula, Pseudorasbora parva tenuis, Pseudorasbora parvus

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • False harlequinEnglish
  • False RazboraEnglish
  • Stone MoroccoEnglish
  • Stone MorokoEnglish
  • Stone MorokosEnglish
  • Topmouth gudgeonEnglish
  • Topmouth minnowEnglish
  • Чабачок амурскіBelarusian
  • střevlička východníCzech
  • båndgrundlingDanish
  • BlaubandbärblingGerman
  • ΨευτορασμπόραGreek
  • Moroko de PiedraSpanish
  • ebarasbooraEstonian
  • saharasboraFinnish
  • PseudorasboraFrench
  • kínai razbóraHungarian
  • Ամուրյան նրբաձկնիկArmenian
  • CabacekItalian
  • モツゴJapanese
  • 참 붕어Korean
  • Amūras čebačeksLatvian
  • blauwbandDutch
  • Czebaczek amurskiPolish
  • СинюшкаRussian
  • hrúzovec malýSlovak
  • notakuAlbanian
  • амурски чебачокSerbian
  • bandslättingSwedish
  • Чебачок амурськийUkrainian
  • 尖嘴仔Chinese
  • Goujon asiatiqueFrench
  • Goujon de ChineFrench
  • blauwbandgrondelDutch
  • Амурский чебачокRussian
  • Чебачок амурскийRussian
  • 尖嘴魚仔Chinese
  • 罗汉鱼Chinese
  • 羅漢魚Chinese
  • 車栓仔Chinese
  • 麥穗魚Chinese
  • 麦穗鱼Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the stone moroco

Other species in the same genus Pseudorasbora.

Moroco

Pseudorasbora pumila

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the stone moroco an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the stone moroco as invasive in 18 countries, including Bosnia & Herzegovina, Denmark, Fiji, France and Germany. It lists it as introduced in 40 in all.

What kind of animal is the stone moroco?

The stone moroco (Pseudorasbora parva) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Stone Moroco (Pseudorasbora parva). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/stone-moroco

MLA

“Stone Moroco (Pseudorasbora parva).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/stone-moroco.

BibTeX
@misc{stone_moroco_2026,
  title = {Stone Moroco (Pseudorasbora parva)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/stone-moroco},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}