Encyclopedian Dictionary ( Aquaculture ): Koi, Japanese Carp

These are beautiful little fish. When I walk up to their tank they're scattered around in it, but soon conglomerate at the edge, mouths wide open, thinking they're going to get fed. Some jump out of the water, into the air (some snapshots below)... they're very active little fish, which makes them very difficult to photograph.

The word "koi" comes from Japanese. The original Japanese word koi simply means "carp," including both the dull grey fish and the brightly colored varieties. A homonym of koi means 'love, affection' and koi are therefore symbols of love and friendship in Japan; a good example is the short story Koi-san by Mukoda Kuniko. (Wikipedia)

All images, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21

More Koi photos added February 2, 2007
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NC Freshwater Fish
Brook Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis	Rainbow Trout, Salmo gairdneri (=Oncorhynchus mykiss)	Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides	Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus
Red-ear sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus	Common carp, Cyprinus carpio	Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus	Blue Tilapia, Oreochromis aurea
Black Tilapia, Oreochromis mossambica	Hybrid Striped Bass Morone saxatilis X Morone chrysops based on Species.
Bait Species
Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas	Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas	White Sucker Catostomus commersoni	Goldfish Carassius autatus
Further Reading
Fundamentals of Aquaculture James W. Avault, Jr., Ph.D. Avault, 1996	Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States Douglas G. Smith Wiley, 2001	Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates Thorp, Covich Academic Press, 2001	Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification Wehr, Sheath Academic Press, 2003
Zooplankton of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts Johnson and Allen John Hopkins, 2005

Koi, Japanese Carp

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