Misgurnus anguillicaudatus is a small benthic fish, which generally lives in shallow water near rivers or lakes with rich water quality. Feeding on algae and the remains of higher plants.

Distributed in Eurasia (except the center of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau), Greater sunda islands in Africa, Morocco and Ethiopia. There are 6 genera 12 species in China.

Misgurnus is the most prosperous 1 genus in this subfamily, which is widely distributed in various water systems north of Yuanjiang in China, as far away as Japan, Korea, Europe and North Africa.

China is common in China loach and loach.