Grass carp - Grass carp

Japanese: ソウギョ(草魚) - ソウギョ

A fish of the carp family. It is not uncommon for them to exceed 1m in length. Its shape is similar to that of a carp, but it is more cylindrical, has no whiskers, and has a short base of its dorsal fin. Its back is gray-brown and its underside is silvery-white. It is native to rivers and lakes in the eastern part of the Asian continent, and has been transplanted to Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, and other places, and it also breeds in the Tone River system and Taiwan. It is omnivorous, and particularly likes the leaves and stems of reeds and wild rice. It is an important food fish in China and Taiwan.

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Japanese:

コイ科の魚。全長1mを超えるものもまれでない。形はコイに似るがより円筒形，口ひげがなく，背びれのつけ根が短い。背面は灰褐色，腹面は銀白色。アジア大陸東部の河川や湖沼に原産，日本，台湾，タイ，マレーなどに移殖され，利根川水系や台湾では繁殖もする。雑食性で，特にアシ，マコモなどの葉や茎を好む。中国，台湾では重要な食用魚である。

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