Fish of East Asia
48 fish from East Asia on EveryFish so far.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 moreAyu sweetfish
Small amphidromous fish prized for its sweet flesh in East Asia.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1846
🇷🇺 Russia and 2 moreMasu salmon
Pacific salmonid native to East Asian coasts and rivers.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 Russia and 2 moreKaluga
A massive semi-anadromous sturgeon from the Amur River basin hunted for caviar.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1872
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese paddlefish
A giant freshwater predator from China that is now extinct.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1862
🇨🇳 China and 3 moreAsian swamp eel
A freshwater, air-breathing fish native to Asia and introduced elsewhere.Eel · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 ChinaPrzewalskii's naked carp
Endemic cyprinid of China's Qinghai Lake basinCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇷🇺 RussiaOmul
A whitefish species endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia.Salmonid · Rivers and lakes
🇯🇵 JapanBiwa trout
Salmonid fish endemic to Lake Biwa in JapanSalmonid · Rivers and lakes · 2025
🇨🇳 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
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese sturgeon
Critically endangered giant migratory fish of the YangtzeAncient · Rivers and lakes
🇯🇵 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.
- Ayu sweetfish: Handan99, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Masu salmon: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kaluga: あおもりくま（Aomorikuma）, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chinese paddlefish: Muséum d'histoire Naturelle, Public domain, source
- Asian swamp eel: Leo G. Nico, USGS, Gainesville, FL, Public domain, source
- Przewalskii's naked carp: EricDiao, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Omul: Newspaper "Number One" (photographer Petr Sanzhiev), Public domain, source
- Biwa trout: No machine-readable author provided. Vineyard assumed (based on copyri, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Chinese sturgeon: Shizhao, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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