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Fish of East Asia

48 fish from East Asia on EveryFish so far.

🇯🇵 Japan and 2 moreAyu sweetfish Small amphidromous fish prized for its sweet flesh in East Asia.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1846

🇯🇵 Japan and 2 moreJapanese amberjack A prized jack fish native to the northwest Pacific Ocean.Other · Coasts and shelves

🇯🇵 JapanJapanese puffer A small-genome pufferfish used in genomics and cuisine.Other · Coasts and shelves

🇨🇳 China and 4 moreNorthern snakehead A freshwater fish from East Asia known for its air-breathing ability and invasive spread in North America.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1842

🇨🇳 ChinaLarge yellow croaker A golden marine fish farmed in East Asia.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1846

🇨🇳 China and 1 moreSmall yellow croaker Temperate western Pacific croaker with red lips and gold bellyOther · Coasts and shelves

Photo credits on this page

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

Ayu sweetfish: Handan99, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Japanese amberjack: E-190's, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Japanese puffer: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Northern snakehead: USGS, Public domain, source
Large yellow croaker: Walter Grassroot, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Small yellow croaker: 思源如宁, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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