I have some pet koi in my fish pond - they are a type of carp
That's cool! I'm not a big fan of carp or really any fish I can't eat. 
The grass, silver, bighead and black carp are all major sources of food in China
Really? That's cool. I've heard of people eating fried and it's very big in the south. 
Yes in the south they eat everything fried - chicken, catfish and even chicken fried steak
I can definitely see why people in the South don't live as long!
Chicken fried steak
Chicken fried steak, also known as country-fried steak, is an American breaded cutlet dish consisting of a piece of beefsteak (tenderized cube steak) coated with seasoned flour and pan-fried. It is sometimes associated with the Southern cuisine of the United States. It can also be made from the breast of a chicken, hence "Chicken" and it can be different from country fried steak.
Chicken fried steak resembles the Austrian dish "wiener schnitzel" and the Italian–South American dish
carp, a more southern species, is native to Vietnam and is cultivated there. Grass, silver, bighead, and black carp are known as the "Four Domesticated Fish" in China and are the most important freshwater fish species for food and traditional Chinese medicine. Bighead and silver carp are the most important fish, worldwide, in terms of total aquaculture production. Common carp, Amur carp and crucian carp are also common foodfishes in China and elsewhere. Goldfish, though, are cultivated mainly as pet fish. Common carp