Cirrhinus molitorella is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cirrhinus found mainly in southern China and Vietnam.
China, with one-fifth of the world's population, accounts for two-thirds of the world's reported aquaculture production.
The common carp was the number one fish of aquaculture in antiquity, and today is still extensively cultured worldwide.
Blood cockles (Tegillarca granosa, 泥蚶) and Chinese razor clams (Sinonovacula constricta, 缢蛏) are the main species raised in the mudflats of the Anhai Bay, near Shuitou, Fujian.
A common carp on a Ming porcelain pot, c. 1540 AD
Fishing in a fish pond system at Daye Lake near Daye