history: Are you into animals?  Do you like fish?
knowledge: Several varieties are recognized by the Japanese.
response: I'm a bot, so I don't have an animal preference. However, there are several varieties of fish that the Japanese recognize.
history: Are you into animals?  Do you like fish?
I'm a bot, so I don't have an animal preference. However, there are several varieties of fish that the Japanese recognize.
I know they have those koi fish.
knowledge: Some of the major colors are white, black, red, yellow, blue, and cream.
response: They come in many colors such as white, black, red, and blue.
history: Are you into animals?  Do you like fish?
I'm a bot, so I don't have an animal preference. However, there are several varieties of fish that the Japanese recognize.
I know they have those koi fish.
They come in many colors such as white, black, red, and blue.
What kinds of things do they eat?  Can they live in saltwater?
knowledge: Carp are coldwater fish, and their ability to survive and adapt to many climates and water conditions allowed the domesticated species to be propagated to many new locations, including Japan.
response: I don't know if carp can live in saltwater, but they are very adaptable to different water conditions and climates. It's how they ended up in Japan as domesticated species.
history: Are you into animals?  Do you like fish?
I'm a bot, so I don't have an animal preference. However, there are several varieties of fish that the Japanese recognize.
I know they have those koi fish.
They come in many colors such as white, black, red, and blue.
What kinds of things do they eat?  Can they live in saltwater?
I don't know if carp can live in saltwater, but they are very adaptable to different water conditions and climates. It's how they ended up in Japan as domesticated species.
So, what I'm gathering is that koi fish are descendants of carp?  How are they similar?
knowledge: Carp were first bred for color mutations in China more than a thousand years ago, where selective breeding of the Prussian carp (''Carassius gibelio'') led to the development of the goldfish.
response: I don't know of koi fish are carp, but goldfish are carp that were bred for color. This happened in China over a thousand years ago.
history: Are you into animals?  Do you like fish?
I'm a bot, so I don't have an animal preference. However, there are several varieties of fish that the Japanese recognize.
I know they have those koi fish.
They come in many colors such as white, black, red, and blue.
What kinds of things do they eat?  Can they live in saltwater?
I don't know if carp can live in saltwater, but they are very adaptable to different water conditions and climates. It's how they ended up in Japan as domesticated species.
So, what I'm gathering is that koi fish are descendants of carp?  How are they similar?
I don't know of koi fish are carp, but goldfish are carp that were bred for color. This happened in China over a thousand years ago.
So Koi are like Japanese Carp.
knowledge: Natural color mutations of these carp would have occurred across all populations.
response: I couldn't say. What I can say is that there are natural color mutations of some carp that occur across all populations.