Occurrence | introduced | ||
Importance | commercial | Ref. | FAO, 1994 |
Aquaculture | commercial | Ref. | FAO, 1997 |
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | Yes | ||
Brackish | Yes | ||
Saltwater | No | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | Yes | ||
Abundance | fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref. | |
Comments |
Occurs in Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Also recorded from Lake Biwa (Ref. 78994). Is also caught in saline river mouths, and is a moderately popular sports fish (Mark Donachy, pers. Comm., 2001). In Japan, carp is particularly symbolic on Boy's Day (May 5) because it represents strength, thus a carp replica called koi nobori, meaning to "to hang and fly a carp" is flown for every male member of the family on that day (Ref. 44091). Rare in Shiga Prefecture (Ref. 79825). Also Ref. 12228, 37812, 43640. Status of threat: Threatened native population of Lake Biwa (LP) (Ref. 94887). |
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States/Provinces | Kanagawa (native), Shiga (native) | ||
States/Provinces Complete? | Yes | ||
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Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html |