Major Species
| Top ten freshwater, brackish water and marine cultured fish in 2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freshwater culture | Tonnage | Mariculture | Tonnage | Brackishwater culture | Tonnage |
| Grass carp | 4,337,114 | Atlantic salmon | 1,421,647 | Greasy grouper | 3,677,691 |
| Silver carp | 4,116,835 | Large yellow croaker | 378,622 | Flathead grey mullet | 333,322 |
| Catla | 3,869,984 | Salmonids nei† | 270,436 | Marine fishes nei† | 112,539 |
| Common carp | 3,444,203 | Greasy grouper | 215,028 | Nile tilapia | 107,489 |
| Bighead carp | 2,585,962 | Sea trout | 143,751 | Cyprinids nei† | 100,000 |
| Crucian carp | 2,217,798 | Japanese amberjack | 139,077 | Barramundi | 49,234 |
| Nile tilapia | 1,990,275 | Gilthead seabream | 118,212 | Marble goby | 34,123 |
| Pangas catfishes nei† | 1,305,277 | Japanese seabass | 107,903 | Tilapias nei† | 23,562 |
| Roho labeo | 1,167,315 | European seabass | 102,538 | European seabass | 23,313 |
| Freshwater fishes nei† | 1,080,241 | Silver seabream | 73,924 | Mozambique tilapia | 17,103 |
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