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Fish Type

Fish Type

Silver Carp

• Length (mm): Up to 1300
• Feeding habit: phytoplankton
• Distinctive feature: very active and often jumps out of the water

Big Head

• Length (mm): Up to 1100
• Feeding habit: zooplankton
• Distinctive features: compressed body and very big head

Tilapia

• Length (mm): Up to 300
• Feeding habit: algae and insects
• Distinctive features: grows fast; female incubates fertilized eggs in her mouth

Mud Carp

• Length (mm): Up to 700
• Feeding habit: worms and shrimps
• Distinctive features: graceful body with a fold on the upper lip

Edible Goldfish

• Length (mm): up to 300
• Feeding habit: aquatic plants, small crustacea and insects
• Distinctive features: silver grey in colour; oblong and compressed body; short and stout head

Wild Carp

• Length (mm):  up to 200
• Feeding habit: zooplankton, insects, crustacea and algae
• Distinctive features: active and fast swimming with a slender body; strong and smooth spine in the dorsal fin