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An aquarium that duplicates the natural habitat of the Chinese hillstream loach is ideal since these fish require high oxygen levels. They need excellent water-flow, adequate aeration and numerous hiding places inside the aquarium. Adequate lighting is necessary to promote algal growth in the aquarium. Other live plants, however, are not ...
The freshwater and marine Fish which are native—indigenous to China and its adjacent oceans and seas.; When the distribution range in China is known please also use Category: Fish of East Asia (most provinces) and Category: Fish of Central Asia (westernmost provinces).
Takifugu in a tank. The fugu (河豚; 鰒; フグ) in Japanese, bogeo (복어; -魚) or bok (복) in Korean, and hétún (河豚; 河魨) in Standard Modern Chinese [a] is a pufferfish, normally of the genus Takifugu, Lagocephalus, or Sphoeroides, or a porcupinefish of the genus Diodon, or a dish prepared from these fish.
A metaphor for sexual intercourse in Chinese is "fish and water come together". [3]: 124 A happily married couple is described as having "the pleasures of fish in water" (yúshuǐ zhīhuān 鱼水之欢 [5]: 243 ); therefore pairs of fishes are symbolism of sexual harmony and mutual sexual pleasure.
Pages in category "Freshwater fish of China" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 473 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The pale chub (Zacco platypus), also known as pale bleak or fresh-water sprat, is one of the most extensively distributed Asiatic cyprinids and is found in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and most of Southeast China. [2] This species of fish is native to freshwater rivers and mountainous streams from northern China and Korea to northern Vietnam. [3]
Mongolian legend tells of a giant taimen trapped in river ice. Starving herders were able to survive the winter by hacking off pieces of its flesh. In the spring, the ice melted and the giant taimen climbed onto the land, tracked down the herders, and ate them all. According to Chinese folklore, a type of giant taimen lives in Kanas Lake in ...
The Lake set a Guinness World Record of a single net that yielded 104,500 kg (230,400 lb) of fish in 2006, and broke its own record with 168,500 kg (371,500 lb) of fish in 2009. The principal species thus netted is the Bighead carp - a popular food fish, particularly at the Chinese New Year , when the consumption of fish is considered to bring ...