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Several koi swim around in a pond in Japan. (video) A school of koi containing multiple different varieties Koi (鯉, Japanese:, literally "carp"), or more specifically nishikigoi (錦鯉, Japanese: [ɲiɕi̥kiꜜɡoi], literally "brocaded carp"), are colored varieties of carp (Cyprinus sp.) that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens.
Perch is a common name for freshwater fish from the genus Perca, which belongs to the family Percidae of the large order Perciformes.The name comes from Greek: πέρκη, romanized: perke, meaning the type species of this genus, the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) (I) [1] European carp (Cyprinus carpio) (I) Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus) (I) Family Leuciscidae (True minnow) Northern redbelly dace Northern pikeminnow Fallfish. Central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum) Northern redbelly dace (Chrosomus eos) Finescale dace (Chrosomus neogaeus) Redside dace (Clinostomus ...
Printable Crossword Puzzle: September 2017 We've used the names of Snow White's diminutive friends as clues in this crossword. How they are defined is up to you to determine. Here's a tip: If you ...
Carp, along with many of their cyprinid relatives, are popular ornamental aquarium and pond fish. Ornamental goldfish were originally domesticated from their wild form, a dark greyish-brown carp native to Asia, but may have been influenced by Carassius carassius and Carassius gibelio. They were first bred for color in China over a thousand ...
Examples include goldfish and carp, which have been found on lakes and seas of salinity up to 17ppt. A third group, peripheral freshwater fish, are fish that normally live in marine water but may enter and survive for some time in freshwater. This concept was introduced by John Treadwell Nichols in 1928. [3]
Ornamental pond stocked with koi Koi pond in Nagasaki, Japan. Koi ponds are ponds used for holding koi carp, usually as part of a garden. Koi ponds can be designed specifically to promote health and growth of the Nishikigoi or Japanese Ornamental Carp.
A barracuda preying on a smaller fish. Predatory fish are hypercarnivorous fish that actively prey upon other fish or aquatic animals, with examples including shark, billfish, barracuda, alligator gar, tuna, dolphinfish, walleye, perch and salmon.