"Shubunkin The Shubunkin was created by Yoshigoro Akiyama （, by crossing Calico telescope eye with a Comet goldfish and a Common goldfish. Shubunkins are similar to the common goldfish and comet goldfish in appearance. They were first bred in Japan, from mutations in telescope eye goldfish (Demekins) ""c."" 1900. They have streamlined bodies with well-developed and even fins. However, the Shubunkins are calico goldfish; they possess nacreous scales (an intermediate between metallic and transparent scales that are pearly in appearance). The overlapping patches of red, white, blue, grey and black (along with dark speckles) normally extend to the finnage of"
"Shukin The Shukin is Ranchu-like goldfish developed from Ranchu and Oranda at the end of the 19th century in Japan. The Shukin (秋錦) has a body shaped like long type of Ranchu. But it also has a long tail fin like the Oranda. Shukins come in red, red and white, white, blue, and silver. The Shukin had been developed by Kichigoro Akiyama during 1892 to 1900 in Japan. It was wiped out once due to events in World War II, but has since been revived. The Shukin is rare type of goldfish even in Japan, although the breed is becoming"
"popular in the US with advanced hobbyists. Shukin The Shukin is Ranchu-like goldfish developed from Ranchu and Oranda at the end of the 19th century in Japan. The Shukin (秋錦) has a body shaped like long type of Ranchu. But it also has a long tail fin like the Oranda. Shukins come in red, red and white, white, blue, and silver. The Shukin had been developed by Kichigoro Akiyama during 1892 to 1900 in Japan. It was wiped out once due to events in World War II, but has since been revived. The Shukin is rare type of goldfish even"
"the tributary Carbon Run. However, the creek supports six species of fish further downstream. In 2001, there were 169 individual fish from eight species in Shamokin Creek at Shamokin. The most common species were white suckers (74 individuals), creek chubs (48 individuals), and spotfin shiners (31 individuals). Other species included pumpkinseeds, (7 individuals), green sunfish (5 individuals), yellow bullhead (2 individuals), stonerollers, and rainbow trout (1 individual each). In Shamokin Creek at Sunbury, there were 112 individual fish from 14 different species. The most common species were smallmouth bass (46 individuals), fallfish (24 individuals), and white suckers (14 individuals). Less"
"makes them an ideal model fish for studying diseases of other cyprinid species. This usefulness derives from the absence of genetic variance within the clone. Ginbuna The ginbuna (""Carassius langsdorfii""), sometimes referred to as silver crucian carp or Japanese silver crucian carp, is a species of freshwater fish in the carp family (family Cyprinidae). It is native to lakes and rivers in Japan. Ginbuna is a deep- and thick-bodied fish with a terminal mouth and a large caudal fin. It possesses 5 anal fin rays, 41-57 gill rakers, and have 28-31 large lateral line scales. It reaches a maximum length"
"Jikin has red points on fins and gill covers, the rest of its body is white. The Jikin is also known as ‘peacocktail’, and simply, ‘""Rokurin""’. The Jikin is rarely seen outside Japan. They come at an expensive price as do the Wakin. The Jikin are rarely crossbred. The Jikin breeds are: Jikin goldfish <nowiki></nowiki> The Jikin goldfish (In Japanese:ジキン金魚) is a breed of wakin-like goldfish that bred in Japan. The jikin is a Japanese national treasure. It is also known as the peacock tail. The Jikin possesses the body shape of a Wakin or a Ryukin and has a"
"Jikin goldfish <nowiki></nowiki> The Jikin goldfish (In Japanese:ジキン金魚) is a breed of wakin-like goldfish that bred in Japan. The jikin is a Japanese national treasure. It is also known as the peacock tail. The Jikin possesses the body shape of a Wakin or a Ryukin and has a tail that is compressed, creating a wide angle. Viewed from the back, the Jikin's tail possesses the shape of the letter X . Another striking feature on Jikin is its Rokurin pattern, also called 6 points of red. ""'Rokurin""’ means that twelve parts of its body are red such as: While the"
"Sharpbelly The sharpbelly or wild carp, Korean sharpbelly, or common sawbelly (""Hemiculter leucisculus""), is a tropical freshwater and brackish water fish belonging to the Cultrinae subfamily of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in large streams and reservoirs in China, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and the Amur River basin. It has become established as an exotic species in several other countries, including Iran, Afghanistan, and the former Soviet Union, where it has displaced local species. It was originally described as ""Culter leucisculus"" by S. Basilewsky in 1855, and has also been referred to as ""Chanodichthys leucisculus"" and ""Hemiculter leucisculus warpachowskii"" in"
"Ginbuna The ginbuna (""Carassius langsdorfii""), sometimes referred to as silver crucian carp or Japanese silver crucian carp, is a species of freshwater fish in the carp family (family Cyprinidae). It is native to lakes and rivers in Japan. Ginbuna is a deep- and thick-bodied fish with a terminal mouth and a large caudal fin. It possesses 5 anal fin rays, 41-57 gill rakers, and have 28-31 large lateral line scales. It reaches a maximum length of 39.0 cm. This species is parasitized by cnidarians in the genus Myxobolus, which infest their gills. The ginbuna can be difficult to distinguish from"
"Tosakin The Tosakin (土佐金) or curly fantail goldfish is a very distinctive breed of goldfish with a large tail fin that spreads out horizontally (like a fan) behind the fish. Though technically a divided tail, the two halves are attached at the center/middle forming a single fin. It was developed in Japan, and is rarely seen in other countries. It is believed to have originally been developed from the ryukins. Although it has a body shaped similar that of other fantailed goldfish, its tail fin opens and spreads flat and wide horizontally with the leading edges flipping under once or"
"Ryukin The is a short deep-bodied fancy goldfish with a characteristic hump in the shoulder region. The ryukin is a hardy and attractive variety of goldfish with a pointed head and has a pronounced hump on the back behind the head. It may be long-finned or short-finned with either a triple or quadruple tail. The dorsal fin is high while the caudal fin is often twice as long as the body. The caudal fin may also have three or four lobes. Ryukins come in deep-red, red-and-white, white, silver, blue, black, orange, lavender grey, iron and calico coloration. The ryukin is"
"arrived in Japan in the 1770s. Early Japanese literature refers to the ryukin as the onaga (longtail) or the nagasaki goldfish. In English texts, they are also referred to as the Japanese ribbontail, the fringetail, the fantail or the veiltail. Ryukin The is a short deep-bodied fancy goldfish with a characteristic hump in the shoulder region. The ryukin is a hardy and attractive variety of goldfish with a pointed head and has a pronounced hump on the back behind the head. It may be long-finned or short-finned with either a triple or quadruple tail. The dorsal fin is high while"
"common species included pumpkinseeds (six individuals), chain pickerel (five individuals), and spotfin shiners (five individuals). Rarer species included Margined madtom (three individuals) and rock bass and brown bullhead (two individuals each). Only one creek chub, green sunfish, bluegill, tessellated darter, and walleye were observed. Historically, Shamokin Creek had large populations of pike, sunfish, suckers, and eels. Many areas in the upper reaches of Shamokin Creek support little or no macroinvertebrate life due to metals coating the streambed. In August 1999, more than 500 coliform colonies per 100 milliliters were observed in the creek near Shamokin, of which 97 were ""E."
"Wakin goldfish The wakin is an intermediate twin tailed goldfish variety that has been originated from China. It is thought to believe the wakin has gave rise to fancy twin-tailed goldfish, including the ryukin, ranchu, oranda. It is also the second variety, developed from the common goldfish. The wakin has many popular cultures and beliefs in the history of Japanese goldfish. The wakin goldfish, in Japanese terms, are any 'Huna' bodied goldfish with a single tail (in reference to the popular common goldfish), double tail, or triple tail, while in US, a wakin is simply a double tail goldfish with"
"Sculpin A sculpin is a type of fish that belongs to the superfamily Cottoidea in the order Scorpaeniformes. As of 2006, this superfamily contains 11 families, 149 genera, and 756 species. Sculpins occur in many types of habitat, including ocean and freshwater zones. They live in rivers, submarine canyons, kelp forests, and shallow littoral habitat types, such as tidepools. Sculpins are benthic fish, dwelling on the bottoms of water bodies. Their pectoral fins are smooth on the upper edge and webbed with sharp rays along the lower edge, a modification that makes them specialized for gripping the substrate. This adaptation"
"fish include the ayu (""Plecoglossus altivelis""), crucian carp (""Carassius carassius"") and common carp (""Cyprinus carpio""). The common carp is the ancestor of the well-known domestic koi carp. Small freshwater fish include the pale chub, Japanese chub (""Nipponocypris sieboldii"") and several species of bitterling including the endangered rosy bitterling. The southern Ryukyu Islands are home to endemic species of colourful freshwater gobies in the genus Stiphodon. Notable anadromous fish include six species of salmon represented by the chinook salmon, chum salmon, pink salmon, coho salmon, sockeye salmon, and the cherry salmon (which has several unique freshwater morphs in Japan). Chars in"
"Kōchi Prefecture. In 1971 the breed had reached Tokyo, where a small group of young and avid enthusiasts painstakingly propagated and popularized the variety. The Tosakin Preservation Society (トサキン保存会) was founded a few years later in Aichi prefecture (愛知県）. Tosakin The Tosakin (土佐金) or curly fantail goldfish is a very distinctive breed of goldfish with a large tail fin that spreads out horizontally (like a fan) behind the fish. Though technically a divided tail, the two halves are attached at the center/middle forming a single fin. It was developed in Japan, and is rarely seen in other countries. It is"
"Shabout The shabout (""Arabibarbus grypus"") is a species of Cyprinid fish called in English, Persian or Arabic by the alternate common names shirbot and variations shabut, shabboot or shabbout, and in local languages by several other common names. It is a large freshwater carp found in the Tigris-Euphrates Basin, as well as southern Iran. It is a commercially fished species in this region. This species can grow to a length of nearly and a weight of over . The shabout has recently been in the news when it was proposed that this ""shabut"" was identical to the fish called in"
"(now Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge) found that the lower Shawangunk (from its mouth to Pine Bush) supports an unusually diverse plant and animal community for the region due to the absence of any serious impoundment along the upper river. It reported no less than six species of freshwater mussels, including the rare swollen wedge mussel, and 31 species of fish. Among the latter were the rare ""Notropis amoenus"" (comely shiner), ""Notropis stramineus"" (sand shiner), ""Percina caproedes"" (logperch), ""Lepomis auritis"" (redbreasted sunfish) and ""Noturus insignis"" (margined madtom). The study found that the region supports the only known community of ""Diarrhena"
"Skipjack tuna The skipjack tuna (""Katsuwonus pelamis"") is a medium-sized perciform fish in the tuna family, Scombridae. It is otherwise known as the aku, arctic bonito, mushmouth, oceanic bonito, striped tuna, or victor fish. It grows up to 1 m (3 ft) in length. It is a cosmopolitan pelagic fish found in tropical and warm-temperate waters. It is a very important species for fisheries. It is a streamlined, fast-swimming pelagic fish, common in tropical waters throughout the world, where it inhabits surface waters in large shoals (up to 50,000 fish), feeding on fish, crustaceans, cephalopods, and molluscs. It is an"
"As most fish species, the sharpbelly harbours several species of parasites. One of them is ""Paradiplozoon hemiculteri"", a monogenean living on the gills. This species is special in that the two hermaphroditic members of the couple are united for life. Sharpbelly The sharpbelly or wild carp, Korean sharpbelly, or common sawbelly (""Hemiculter leucisculus""), is a tropical freshwater and brackish water fish belonging to the Cultrinae subfamily of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in large streams and reservoirs in China, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and the Amur River basin. It has become established as an exotic species in several other countries,"
"Silver cyprinid The silver cyprinid (""Rastrineobola argentea"") also known as the Lake Victoria sardine or mukene, is a species of pelagic, freshwater ray-finned fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae from East Africa. it is the only member of the genus Rastrineobola. A small silvery fish which has a strongly compressed body covered in large scales with a pearlescent sheen and a yellow tail, and can grow to a length of . The lateral line is below the midpoint of the body and runs to the lower part of the caudal peduncle. The cheek is covered by delicate suborbital bones. The"
"with a doubling time between 1.4 and 4.4 years. Its range is from Monterey Bay, California to northern Baja California, Mexico. Snubnose sculpin The snubnose sculpin, ""Orthonopias triacis"", is a fish of the sculpin family native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. The snubnose sculpin reaches a maximum size of 10 cm. It has a blunt snout and visible scales from the top of the head to the first dorsal fin. It is spotted with colors in different shades of earthtone. It can change colors as camouflage, and the colors can vary substantially. Some of the scales along the lateral line"
"Izumo Nankin Goldfish The Izumo Nankin goldfish is a rare breed of goldfish native to southwestern Japan. It is very difficult to source individuals outside Japan, but Nankin are commonly available there. This breed has many fanciers in its native country, with many clubs dedicated to it such as the Central Nankin Lovers Association. The Nankin is a top-view fish and typically comes in a red and white coloration. The body form resembles a dorsal-less ryukin goldfish with a ranchu-like tail. The tail possess a partial fusion. When viewed from above the head, the body resembles a triangle. The Nankin"
"two separate headwater streams of the Totsu River system, and they retain little genetic variation. Kirikuchi char The kirikuchi char, ""Salvelinus leucomaenis japonicus"", is a freshwater fish in the Salmonidae family. It is endemic to the Kii Peninsula of central Honshu in Japan. It is the southernmost population of the char genus ""Salvelinus"" and is considered a relict in its region. It is usually considered a subspecies of the whitespotted char ""Salvelinus leucomaenis"" but was listed as a separate species in the IUCN Red List (1996). Other subspecies of the whitespotted char ""S. leucomaenis"" have, however, been introduced in the"
"mid-twentieth century. U.S. air attacks on Kōchi during World War II in 1945 and an earthquake in 1946 were believed to have wiped out the Tosakin variety. However, Mr. Hiroe Tamura(田村広衛), a Japanese hobbyist who had lost all of his fish, scoured the area and found six fish (2 breeders and 4 two-year-olds) at a local restaurant called Kyousuirou (鏡水楼). He managed to trade a large bottle of shōchū (焼酎)(Japanese sweet-potato vodka) for the fish, and was able to successfully revive the Tosakins in Kochi. In 1969, the Japanese government declared the Tosakin a ""Tennen Kinenbutsu""(天然記念物) or Natural Treasure of"
"the genus ""Salvelinus"" are represented by the white-spotted char (including several unique varieties such as the Gogi char), Dolly Varden trout, and the endemic Kirikuchi char. The Japanese taimen (""Hucho perryi"") is the largest fish to enter freshwater in Japan and may reach sizes of up to 2 meters in length. The Japanese taimen is a critically endangered species including the Japanese populations which are restricted to the rivers and surrounding ocean of Hokkaido. Also present is the Japanese dace (""Tribolodon hakonensis""). Important saltwater fish include the red sea bream (""Pagrus major""). Mudskippers are found in warmer areas while coral"
"prohibited for conservation reasons. Sakura shrimp Lucensosergia lucens is a species of shrimp popularly known as the sakura shrimp or sakura ebi. The translucent pink shrimp derives its name from """", the Japanese word for the cherry blossom. The species grows to about 4–5cm and lives primarily in Suruga Bay in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, where it is caught to be eaten. It is also caught in Taiwan. The species name of the sakura shrimp has not been settled. The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature uses the designation ""Sergia kishinouyei"" that Nakazawa and Terao gave it in 1915. Researchers tend to"
"to make Fukushima-Gyu are fed, raised, and processed within the prefecture. Only beef with a grade of 2 or 3 can be labeled as ""Fukushima-Gyu"" (福島牛） Ikaninjin is shredded carrot and dried squid seasoned with soy sauce, cooking sake, mirin, etc. It is a local cuisine from the northern parts of Fukushima Prefecture. It is primarily made from the late autumn to winter in the household. Kitakata Ramen is one of the Top 3 Ramen of Japan, along with Sapporo and Hakata. The base is a soy-sauce soup, as historically soy sauce was readily available from the many storehouses around"
"ornamental fish. Acanthogobius flavimanus Acanthogobius flavimanus is a species of fish in the goby family known by the common name yellowfin goby. Other common names include mahaze, Japanese river goby, Oriental goby, and spotted goby. It is native to Asia, where its range includes China, Japan, Korea, parts of Russia, Vietnam, and Malaysia. It has spread beyond its native range to become an introduced, and often invasive, species. It has been recorded in Australia, Mexico, and Florida and California in the United States. This fish reaches 25 to 30 centimeters in length. It is light brown with darker saddle-marks and"
"helps the fish anchor in fast-flowing water. Families include: Sculpin A sculpin is a type of fish that belongs to the superfamily Cottoidea in the order Scorpaeniformes. As of 2006, this superfamily contains 11 families, 149 genera, and 756 species. Sculpins occur in many types of habitat, including ocean and freshwater zones. They live in rivers, submarine canyons, kelp forests, and shallow littoral habitat types, such as tidepools. Sculpins are benthic fish, dwelling on the bottoms of water bodies. Their pectoral fins are smooth on the upper edge and webbed with sharp rays along the lower edge, a modification that"
"hāpuku. These early on-growing trials and results are revealing considerable growth potential in aquaculture for this species. NIWA has been running a broodstock selection programme since 2007, and the results are showing which broodstock are producing the surviving first generation. With this information, it will soon be possible to start selecting desirable performance traits for the breeding programme. NIWA’s aim is to maintain the competitive edge for hāpuku farming as it increases, and become an important species for New Zealand’s aquaculture sector. Hāpuku The hāpuku, hapuka or whapuku (""Polyprion oxygeneios"") is a wreckfish of the family Polyprionidae, found around southern"
"originated between 1748 and 1750 in the area of modern-day Shimane Prefecture. It was developed from the Marco Goldfish, which is also an ancestor of the Ranchu. It became a registered breed in Shimane Prefecture in 1982. Izumo Nankin Goldfish The Izumo Nankin goldfish is a rare breed of goldfish native to southwestern Japan. It is very difficult to source individuals outside Japan, but Nankin are commonly available there. This breed has many fanciers in its native country, with many clubs dedicated to it such as the Central Nankin Lovers Association. The Nankin is a top-view fish and typically comes"