Asia · Fish by region

Fish of East Asia

China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan — the Yangtze, Pearl and Amur rivers.

714 species across 11 families

Temperate East Asia: China, Japan, Taiwan, the Koreas and Mongolia, drained by the Yangtze, Pearl, Yellow and Amur rivers. Home to the wild goldfish and its relatives, the paradise fish, and the bitterlings and hillstream loaches of the region.

714 of 714 species

Barbs · 58

Eels · 6

Gobies & Gudgeons · 59

Gouramis · 5

Loaches · 535

Pufferfish · 2

Ricefish & Medaka · 6

Oddballs & Brackish · 3

A fish appears here when its recorded range includes East Asia; wide-ranging species also appear under other regions. Prefer to browse by the water itself? Explore the waters →

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