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Koi

Cyprinus carpio

Photo by Darvesh
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Description:

Spotted at Golden Temple, Amritsar, North India.

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Comments (5)
Darvesh
Oh that's, nice to know about, the different colors, and patterns of this species :-)
LauraMaria
The black ones are also koi, they have been bred over the years to have lots of different colours! You can also see white ones, and ones that have patches of colours.
Darvesh
And what are black ones called, in this pic ??
Darvesh
Thanks dear for the id........and nice to know about your art project about koi :-)
LauraMaria
Wonderful. Deshu! These fish are called koi, they're a domesticated version of the carp, Cyprinus carpio. I love seeing pictures of koi like this, something so graceful about it! I did an art project about koi :)

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PublishedMay 21, 2011

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