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The Bala Shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus), also celebrated worldwide as the silver shark, tricolor sharkminnow, or bala sharkminnow, is a magnificent, torpedo-shaped freshwater cyprinid native to the grand river basins of Southeast Asia. Despite its intimidating...
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The Tiger Barb (Puntigrus tetrazona, formerly Puntius tetrazona and Capoeta tetrazona) is a world-famous, lively, and strikingly patterned tropical freshwater cyprinid native to the sun-dappled streams and peat swamps of Southeast Asia. Celebrated in the global...
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The Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) is a massive, fast-growing cyprinid teleost celebrated globally for its specialized planktivorous filter-feeding and its spectacular, airborne leaping behavior. Native to the great river basins of eastern Asia, this...
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The Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), also widely known as the white amur, is a colossal herbivorous cyprinid fish native to the vast river basins of East Asia. Revered in ancient Chinese polyculture aquaculture for over a millennium as one of the celebrated...
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The Goldfish (Carassius auratus) is the world’s most famous, culturally celebrated, and historically foundational ornamental freshwater fish, belonging to the carp family Cyprinidae. First selectively bred in ancient China over one thousand years ago during the...
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