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Selasa, 02 Juni 2009

The Japanese Koi Carp Lived Through a Remarkable Transformation By Jessica Arons

Japanese Koi carp have a very remarkable history. People from all over the world keep Koi fish in their ponds because these fish are beautiful and bring color and excitement to it. Their history is however quite a mystery. The migration stages of the Koi are baffling to say the least, and not many facts seem to be known. How did they evolve is a question many pose today. The gaps that appear in their timeline of evolution keep the world wondering where they originally came from. What happened that made the Koi into one of the worlds most desired pond fish?

Koi is Japanese for carp. That is a fact that is readily available. The Latin Cyprinus Carpio means the same thing. The waters around china and the Caspian Sea seem to be the more likely original habitats of the Japanese Koi carp than the waters in Japan, regardless of the name. Twenty million years ago china must have had Koi because the fossils that were found testify of that. Chinese bred Koi introduced the first types of color mutations. The goldfish is a result of selective breeding of the Prussian carp. There were no goldfish in Europe until the sixteen hundredths, so Japan was ahead in time with introducing them in the fifteen hundredths.

The facts about Koi are not as clear. Some reports of the past talk about Koi fish in the possession of a Japanese emperor as early as 200 AD. Chinese invaders could have brought Koi fish to Japan very early. Even today nobody has figured out the real history of the Japanese Koi carp from the second to the seventeenth century.

The agricultural farmers of the Ojiva in the Niigata province seemed to have had Koi. According to historical records they were breeding them and selling them for food until irregularities in the colorful pigmentation made them decide to keep those that were different as pets. They started to breed them with the Koi of their neighbors and the famous Japanese hobby was born. The Tokyo Taisho expedition in the nineteen twenties was the official introduction site of this hobby in Japan. The Japanese immediately loved the vibrant patterns and colors of these Koi fish. This hobby of the farmers and of the lower working class became the pastime of the upper class and status symbol overnight. Japanese Koi carp owners were suddenly all over the country and the hobby became very widespread. The result was more and more color mutations. The mutations became more and more exciting. The Koi fish one sees today is a result of that sudden emergence. Today the Japanese Koi are magnificent and the whole world knows about it.

Many garden ponds around the entire world now have Koi fish. The grace of the Koi is remarkable. The evolution history of these pets is quite a myth, and still today nobody seems to know the truth about the origin of the Koi fish.

Jessica Arons specializes in Koi fish care and is currently working with the Koi Fish School team. For more great tips on Japanese Koi Carp visit The Koi Fish School today.

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