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Butterfly Koi
Butterfly koi, longfin koi, or dragon carp are a type of ornamental fish notable for their elongated finnage. The fish are a breed of the common carp, ''Cyprinus carpio'', which includes numerous wild carp races as well as domesticated koi ("Nishikigoi"). In July 1977, the then Crown Prince Akihito is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 7 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019. He presided over the Heisei era, ''Heisei'' being an expression of achieving peace worldwide. B ... visited the Saitama Prefectural Fisheries Experiment Station and suggested that there was a carp with a long fin in Indonesia (Cypirnus carpio var.flavipinnis C.V), and that it should be crossed with the Japanese pond smelt. This prompted the Station to start breeding koi in 1980, and two years later, this species was born. They are still kept in a pond in the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace. These were known in Japan as or , or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Because of Germany's long history before 1871 as a non-united region of distinct tribes and states, there are many widely varying names of Germany in different languages, more so than for any other European nation. For example, in the German language, the country is known as from the Old High German , in Arabic as ''Almania (ألمانيا),'' in Spanish as and in French as from the name of the Alamanni tribe, in Italian as from the Latin (although the German people are called ), in Polish as from the Proto-Slavic ''nemets'', and in Finnish and Estonian as and respectively from the name of the Saxon tribe. List of area names In general, the names for Germany can be arranged in six main groups according to their origin: 1. From Old High German ''diutisc'' or similar *Afrikaans: ''Duitsland'' *Chinese: (pinyin: ''Déyìzhì''), commonly ( trad.) or ( simp.) (''Déguó''; "Dé" from , and "guó" means "country") *Danish: ''Tyskland'' *Dutch: ''Duitsland'' * Far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
