Asia · Fish by region

Fish of East Asia

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

676 species across 9 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.

676 of 676 species

Eels · 6

Gobies & Gudgeons · 56

Gouramis · 5

Loaches · 531

Pufferfish · 1

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