I have a pond at home with a new pet koi named spot
Koi is actually an informal group of the Amur carp. It's a colored variant.
oh ok, since I am a novice in Koi fish, I always thought they were like goldfish
That's understandable, but Koi varieties are distinguished by their colors and patterns.
mine is orange and white, is that a common color?
They were originally eaten as a food dish, but they have varied colors. Those are common colors that I have seen before.
where are they originally from, China?
group of fish originally found in Central Europe and Asia. Various carp species were originally domesticated in East Asia, where they were used as food fish. Carp are coldwater fish, and their ability to survive and adapt to many climates and water conditions allowed the domesticated species to be propagated to many new locations, including Japan. Natural color mutations of these carp would have occurred across all populations. Carp were first bred for color mutations in China more than a thousand years ago, where selective breeding of the Prussian carp ("
Koi
Koi is an informal group of the colored variants of "C. carpio". Several varieties are recognized by the Japanese. Koi varieties are distinguished by coloration, patterning, and scalation. Some of the major colors are white, black, red, orange, yellow, blue, and cream. The most popular category of koi is the "Gosanke", which is made up of the "Kohaku", "Taisho Sanshoku", and "Showa Sanshoku" varieties.
History.
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