鲤鱼是中国传统的祥瑞之物,锦鲤作为鲤鱼中的变异品种,更是美且异,稀而贵。先说鲤鱼。鲤鱼因何得名?《本草纲目》卷四十四“鲤鱼”条记载:“鲤鳞有十字文理,故名‘鲤’……其脊中鳞一道,从头至尾,无大小,皆三十六鳞,每鳞有小黑点……”鲤鱼的鱼鳞排列整齐,望之如有十字形的纹理,所以称鲤鱼。古人又观察到,鲤鱼的肋鳞一道,从头 Carp is auspicious objects of Chinese tradition, Koi carp as a variant varieties, but also the United States and exotic, rare and expensive. Say carp first. Carp because of its name “Compendium of Materia Medica” Volume forty-four “carp” article reads: “Carp scales have cross-cultural, hence the name of the carp ’... ... its ridge scales, from start to finish, Are thirty-six scales, each scale has a little black spots ... ”carp fish scales arranged in neat, hope if the cross-shaped texture, so called carp. The ancients also observed that the carp’s rib scales together, scratch