Friends who often contact ornamental fish may know that in addition to goldfish and koi, most of the ornamental fish on the market are imported from abroad, most of them have bright colors and cheap prices, but many of them have higher requirements for water temperature, and they need heating rods to be able to feed in winter.
According to the "Zoology of China" (Carpidae, the middle volume), there are 14 genera and 28 species of fish in China (Yudan) subfamily, and the subfamily is mostly small fish, widely distributed in Southeast Asia. This article focuses on the species that are more common and suitable for ornamental fish.
1. (Fish Dan) genus
There are 6 species of yudan genus distributed in China, all of which are produced in Yunnan Province, distributed in the Daying River, Longchuan River, Nu River and Lancang River.
Hiroshi (Fish Dan): The wave strip (Fish Dan) is distributed in the Nanding River, a tributary of the Salween River, the Daying River, a tributary of the Inovady River, with a bright body color, a gray back, a milky abdomen in front of the fin, a silver gray shiny body side, and 3 blue-black longitudinal bands that extend backwards from above (or slightly behind) the base of the pectoral fin to the base of the caudal fin, between which is an orange-red longitudinal band. The dorsal, and caudal fins are pale orange-red, the caudal fins are slightly black, and the pectoral and ventral fins are pale white.
Wave strip (Fish Dan)
Gold line (Fish Dan): The wave strip (fish dan) is distributed in the Lancang River, each fin is yellow when it lives, and the lower half of the two sides after the pectoral fin are orange-red, and extend backwards to the base of the caudal fin. Starting slightly before the dorsal fin, a blue band extends backward along the midline of the body to the base of the caudal fin. Above this line there is a shiny golden yellow line. The female is about the same color as the male, but the red color is very inconspicuous.
Gold Thread (Fish Dan)
2. Genus Low-line squid
Lise low-line carp: Lise low-line carp is distributed in the Lancang River and Yuanjiang river systems. During the reproductive period, the body color is bright, especially in male individuals, the body side talks golden yellow, there are vertical blue-green bands 7-10, and the plaques after the dorsal fin are slightly rounded. The back is grayish yellow, the abdomen is milky white, and the reflection is pale golden yellow luster. The dorsal fin is ochre red, the fin membrane is black, the fin is orange yellow, the pectoral fin is pale, the ventral fin edge is slightly reddish, and the caudal fin is yellowish.
Lisa low-line carp
3. Genus Spp
Broadfin carp: Broadfin carp should be one of the native ornamental fish we are most familiar with, the distribution is very wide, distributed in China in the Lancang River, Pearl River, Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Longjiang River and the eastern coastal streams, sexually mature male fish body color bright, here is not detailed.
Broadfin
4. Genus Lycaenidae
Horse-mouth fish: Horse-mouth fish, like the broad-finned carp, is one of the native ornamental fish we are most familiar with, with a wide distribution in China from Hainan Island, Yuanjiang (Red River), north to the Heilongjiang River basin in the east of China (except Taiwan Island) in the rivers, here is not detailed. (The difference from the broadfin is mainly that there is a significant protrusion at the end of the lower jaw that coincides with a depression in the middle of the upper jaw.)
Horsemount fish
5. Tang fish genus
Tang fish: Tang fish is the famous "white cloud golden silk" among ornamental fish, distributed in some mountain streams in the Pearl River Delta. The body color is bright and colorful when living, and its body color and markings vary according to the place of origin, male and female sex and breeding conditions. Generally, the back of the body is brown, the ventral surface is silvery-white, and there is a golden yellow or silver-blue longitudinal stripe along the middle of the body side, and there are several dark brown lines above and below the stripe. There is a red round spot at the base of the caudal stalk. The iris is golden. The base of the dorsal fin is red with yellow and blue spots; the other fins are yellowish-green with transparent edges.
Everyone pay attention to Oh, wild Tang fish belongs to the national second-level protected animals, please do not catch Oh.
Tang fish
5. Rose (Fish Dan)
Rose (YuDan): Since the rose (Yudan) is not recorded in the Zoology of China, it is taken out separately. Roses (fish dan) are distributed in the main tributaries of the lower reaches of the Lancang River and are brightly colored.
Rose (Fish Dan)
This is the author's collation of China's (Yudan) subfamily native fish species suitable for ornamental fish species, do you still want to see other native ornamental fish? Remember to pay attention to the author Oh, the next issue sorts out the native ornamental fish of the subfamily Trout.