Native fish of China------paradise fish

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weishuyang333
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Native fish of China------paradise fish

Post by weishuyang333 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:30 am

Hello,everyone.I comes from China,and I like fish very much.I have some Chinese native fishes,some of them are very beautiful,I want to share them to everyone here.
First, the paradise fish,as our Chinese called them as 斗鱼(dou yu)----the fighting fish.There are four kinds of paradise fish in China,Macropodus opercuiaris(South China), Macropodus ocellatus(North&Central China),Macropodus hongkongensis(Hongkong,Guangdong,Guangxi,Fujian,Jiangxi) ,Macropodus spechti (only Guangxi).They are so commen in China that in the ancient time, people have feed the paradise fish and let them fight to get fan.
What I have are only Macropodus opercuiaris(叉尾斗鱼) &Macropodus ocellatus(圆尾斗鱼).

Macropodus ocellatus 1

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Macropodus ocellatus 2

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Macropodus ocellatus 3

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Macropodus ocellatus 4

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Macropodus ocellatus 5
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Macropodus ocellatus 6

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Macropodus ocellatus 7

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Macropodus opercuiaris 1

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Macropodus opercuiaris 2

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Macropodus opercuiaris 3

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Macropodus opercuiaris 4

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Macropodus opercuiaris 5

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The last is a Oriental weatherfish in my paradise fish tank

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Post by weishuyang333 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:21 pm

sorry,I just used a album which can't share pic,I have updated it .

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Post by turtleguy146 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:31 pm

Did you capture these near your home too? THey are beautiful

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Post by weishuyang333 » Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:19 pm

turtleguy146 wrote:Did you capture these near your home too? THey are beautiful
No, I got them from other place.The paradise fish usually lives in the flat water environment,like lake, pool or reservoir.But my home is located in a mountainous area,the Qinling moutain.There isn't any flat water here,the rivers (Luo river,Qi river,Guan river)and thousands of creeks run fast,the environment is not suit the paradise fish.
I got the Macropodus ocellatus some from zhengzhou,the capital of our province,and the other from Yangzhou,at the east not far from the Yellow sea.
The Macropodus opercuiaris comes from Ji'an in Jiangxi province,it is a long journey,I give you a map ,that you can see where my paradise fishes come from.I got all the fish from my friends.


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Re: Native fish of China------paradise fish

Post by todbranson44 » Fri Jun 17, 2022 1:25 pm

weishuyang333 wrote:
Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:30 am
Hello,everyone.I comes from China,and I like fish very much.I have some Chinese native fishes,some of them are very beautiful,I want to share them to everyone here.
First, the paradise fish,as our Chinese called them as 斗鱼(dou yu)----the fighting fish.There are four kinds of paradise fish in China,Macropodus opercuiaris(South China), Macropodus ocellatus(North&Central China),Macropodus hongkongensis(Hongkong,Guangdong,Guangxi,Fujian,Jiangxi) ,Macropodus spechti (only Guangxi).They are so commen in China that in the ancient time, people have feed the paradise fish and let them fight to get fan.
What I have are only Macropodus opercuiaris(叉尾斗鱼) &Macropodus ocellatus(圆尾斗鱼).

Macropodus ocellatus 1

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Macropodus ocellatus 2

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Macropodus ocellatus 3

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Macropodus ocellatus 4

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Macropodus ocellatus 5
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Macropodus ocellatus 6

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Macropodus ocellatus 7

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Macropodus opercuiaris 1

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Macropodus opercuiaris 2

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Macropodus opercuiaris 3

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Macropodus opercuiaris 4

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Macropodus opercuiaris 5

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The last is a Oriental weatherfish in my paradise fish tank

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