A list of common freshwater fish names

Common freshwater fish in China include bighead carp, catfish, grass carp, crucian carp, tilapia, common carp, snakehead, Wuchang bream, yellowcheek, giant catfish, bream, barbel chub, topmouth culter, Mongolian culter, loach, pond loach, rice eel, white eel, topmouth gudgeon, mandarin fish, whitebait, northern snakehead, striped catfish, triangle bream, and many more.

Fish names differ by region; for example, grass carp is also called caohuan, huankun, huanyu, baiqun, caobao, and caogen in different places.