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Fish of East Asia

48 fish from East Asia on EveryFish so far.

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

🇨🇳 ChinaPrzewalskii's naked carp Endemic cyprinid of China's Qinghai Lake basinCarp · Rivers and lakes

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

🇯🇵 JapanBig-scaled redfin A medium-sized Asian fish popular for sport fishing.Carp · Coasts and shelves · 1877

🇨🇳 China and 3 moreGrass carp Large herbivorous freshwater fish used for weed control and food.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇳 China and 4 moreBighead carp A large Asian freshwater fish farmed globally and invasive in North America.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇳 China and 1 moreSilver carp A filter-feeding freshwater fish native to Asia, now invasive in North America.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1844

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
Przewalskii's naked carp: EricDiao, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Goldfish: No machine-readable author provided. Heptagon assumed (based on copyri, Public domain, source
Black carp: USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation, Public domain, source
Mud carp: Daderot, Public domain, source
Big-scaled redfin: OpenCage, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Grass carp: Hagerty, Ryan/USFWS, Public domain, source
Bighead carp: Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, CC BY 2.0, source
Silver carp: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source

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