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Amur carp

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  • koi
    koi

    …suggest that koi are domesticated Amur carp (C. rubrofuscus), a species whose native range extends from the Amur River west to Mongolia and south through eastern China to Vietnam and Laos. The Amur carp was classified as C. carpio haematopterus, a subspecies of the common carp, until the early 2010s.…

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    …suggest that koi are domesticated Amur carp (C. rubrofuscus), a species whose native range extends from the Amur River west to Mongolia and south through eastern China to Vietnam and Laos. The Amur carp was classified as C. carpio haematopterus, a subspecies of the common carp, until the early 2010s.…

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