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    Fish OF ABUNDANCE PROSPERITY

    Oct 01, 2021 3 minutes
    by Kym Kettler-Paddock

    Goldfish were not always small, colorful pets—their ancestors were gray or green foot-long carp that fishermen caught in China’s Yangtze River and served up for dinner. Spontaneous genetic mutations caused the expression of red and gold colors in the wild carp, and Chinese nobility collected these colorful fish in ponds during the Tang dynasty (618–907 C.E.). Over the next 10 centuries, Chinese culture transformed mutant carp into a common global household pet and a ubiquitous symbol of abundance and prosperity for more

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