Tim Owings caught this 9-pound butterfly koi goldfish at Blue Springs Lake Remembrance over the weekend. Dumping pet fish can cause serious issues for native species.

Koi are native to Asia and Central Europe, though they're often kept in aquariums or backyard ornamental ponds. Find someone else who might take the fish, or euthanize it humanely, but do not put ...

Fisherman reels in 9-pound butterfly koi goldfish, former pet, at lake in Blue Springs The Missouri Department of Conservation said dumping animals like these can cause problems for native species.

Susan Trott likes her 30 pet koi so much she's built them a 13,000-litre tank in her suburban Ottawa house. But she is concerned about the spread of KHV, and how she can protect her koi from being ...

Around the same time that the Virginia angler's record was being certified, an angler in Missouri caught a 9-pound butterfly koi fish at Blue Spring Lakes Remembrance.

He said the department's fisheries biologists came to that conclusion because the fish appears to have "a barbel near its mouth." A butterfly koi of that size would be considered average, Kelly said.

Around the same time that the Virginia angler's record was being certified, an angler in Missouri caught a 9-pound butterfly koi fish at Blue Spring Lakes Remembrance. The Missouri Department of ...