Ornamental fish are just those fish with bright colors or strange shapes that have ornamental value. There are said to be 30,000-50,000 species of fish in the world, of which those available for ornamental purposes include saltwater fish, and there are 2-3,000 species of freshwater fish, while only about 500 species are actually commonly kept and common.
Some of them live in freshwater and some in saltwater, some from temperate regions and some from tropical regions. Some of them are known for their brilliant colors, some for their strange shapes, and some for their rarity and fame.
In the world ornamental fish market, they usually consist of three major strains, namely temperate freshwater ornamental fish, tropical freshwater ornamental fish and tropical saltwater ornamental fish.
Ornamental fish mainly include marine fish, tropical fish, our goldfish, koi fish, other freshwater fish, according to the customary name in the classification, classification is not necessarily correct.
Tropical fish: including fat carp, carp, fish, cichlid family, climbing bass, loach, catfish, etc.
Longfish: tropical fish in the ancient fish
Seven-colored fairy fish: this belongs to the cichlid family in the tropical fish
China's goldfish: this belongs to the country's "national treasure", but has cultivated many new varieties in the foreign. Foreign cultivation of many new varieties.
Koi fish: many countries have cultivated, but the best varieties produced in Japan.
Saltwater fish: there are many varieties, but only a few hundred can be kept in the aquarium.
Other fish: cold-water fish and soda fish
Goldfish
Ornamental fish
The domestication of the goldfish has gone through two stages of pooling and potting, and through the careful selection of several generations of folk artisans, the initial single-tailed golden crucian carp has gradually evolved into a double-tailed, triple-tailed, and quadruple-tailed goldfish, and the color has also changed from a single red color to red-white flowers, five-flowering, black, blue, Purple, etc., body shape from the narrow spindle-shaped development of oval, leather ball, etc., varieties are also from a single gold carp, the development of dozens of varieties of colorful, such as the eye of the dragon, the Dragon, blisters, lion, tiger, pom-pom, pearl scales, crane red, etc.. According to historical records, China's goldfish was first introduced to Japan in the Ming Dynasty and again in 1615-1623.
Japanese koi's original varieties of red carp, early also imported into Japan from China, after the Japanese people's careful breeding, and gradually become one of the world-famous ornamental fish. The main varieties of Japanese koi are red and white, Showa Sanshou, Taisho Sanshou, and Akitsui.
Sea water fish
Sea water ornamental fish mainly from the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean in the coral reef waters, many varieties of strange body shape, colorful body surface, rich in change, good at hiding, with a kind of primitive simple and mysterious natural beauty. Common production areas are the Philippines, the South China Sea, Japan, Australia, the Hawaiian Islands, India, the Red Sea, the east coast of Africa and so on.
Tropical saltwater ornamental fish are widely distributed, they live in the vast expanse of the ocean, many of which are rare, and there are many species that have not been discovered by humans. Tropical marine ornamental fish is the world's most promising and promising ornamental fish, representing the future direction of ornamental fish development.