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Fish of East Asia

48 fish from East Asia on EveryFish so far.

🇷🇺 Russia and 2 moreMasu salmon Pacific salmonid native to East Asian coasts and rivers.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇳 China and 3 moreAsian swamp eel A freshwater, air-breathing fish native to Asia and introduced elsewhere.Eel · Rivers and lakes

🇷🇺 RussiaOmul A whitefish species endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia.Salmonid · 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

🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreSakhalin taimen Large, ancient salmonid of Northeast AsiaSalmonid · Rivers and lakes

🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreJapanese jack mackerel A silver coastal fish prized in East Asian cuisine.Tuna · Coasts and shelves

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

🇨🇳 ChinaDabry's sturgeon Freshwater sturgeon native to the Yangtze River basin in China.Ancient · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇳 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.

Masu salmon: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Asian swamp eel: Leo G. Nico, USGS, Gainesville, FL, Public domain, source
Omul: Newspaper "Number One" (photographer Petr Sanzhiev), Public domain, source
Black carp: USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation, Public domain, source
Sakhalin taimen: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Japanese jack mackerel: Izuzuki, CC BY 2.5, source
Japanese puffer: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Dabry's sturgeon: Josephe Huët, Public domain, 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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