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?
They were originally found in Central Europe and Asia, so I would say yes.
my pond is real small, about how big do they get
Carassius gibelio") led to the development of the goldfish.
The Amur carp ("Cyprinus rubrofuscus"), a member of the cyprinid family species complex native to East Asia, was aquacultured as a food fish at least as long ago as the fifth century BC in China, and Jin Dynasty (fourth century AD) texts mentioned carp with various colors. The Amur carp was previously recognized as a subspecies of the common carp (as "C. c. haematopterus"), but recent authorities treat it as a separate
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.
Carp are a large