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Fish of East Asia

48 fish from East Asia on EveryFish so far.

🇨🇳 ChinaTelescope goldfish Fancy goldfish breed with large protruding eyesCarp · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇳 ChinaWhite Cloud Mountain minnow A small, hardy freshwater fish native to China, popular in aquariums for its cold tolerance and peaceful nature.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1930

🇯🇵 JapanKoi Ornamental carp varieties bred in Japan for decorative ponds.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇳 ChinaGoldfish A domesticated freshwater carp from China, kept worldwide as a pet and aquarium fish.Carp · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Telescope goldfish: Lawrencekhoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
White Cloud Mountain minnow: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Koi: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Goldfish: No machine-readable author provided. Heptagon assumed (based on copyri, Public domain, source

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