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Fish of East Asia

35 fish from East Asia on EveryFish so far.

🇯🇵 JapanNigorobuna Wild carp from Lake Biwa used for fermented sushi.Carp · 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

🇨🇳 ChinaWuchang bream A farmed freshwater fish native to the Yangtze basin in China.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇳 China and 1 moreBlack carp A large freshwater fish native to East Asia, known for eating snails and causing ecological issues in the US.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇳 China and 1 moreMud carp Freshwater fish farmed in Asia since the Tang dynastyCarp · Rivers and lakes

Photo credits on this page

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

Nigorobuna: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
White Cloud Mountain minnow: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Wuchang bream: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Black carp: USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation, Public domain, source
Mud carp: Daderot, Public domain, source

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