The bighead carp is a chub.

The bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis) is also known as chub, fathead carp, baghead carp, big head carp, black chub (and in some places, hemp chub), and also called male carp. Outer shape like chub. Lateral flat. It is a kind of freshwater fish. The head is large and wide, the head length is about 1/3 of the body length, and the mouth is wide and slightly upturned. The eyes are low. Bighead carp filter feed on algae, zooplankton and organic debris.

The bighead carp is mainly suitable for raising in some lake areas, to Gaoyou City, Jieshou Township, Jindeng Village, for example, the village **** more than 670 acres of net enclosure water surface using river crabs to raise bighead carp farming mode, harvesting only bighead carp an income of about 1 million yuan.

Net enclosure facilities The lakes are surrounded by two layers of polyethylene mesh fences with a mesh of about 2 centimeters, with a layer of dense netting in the middle to prevent the escape of river crabs, the bottom of the net with pebbles as a sinker, the bottom of the netting is buried in the substrate of 10-15 centimeters and stepped on. Surrounded by moso bamboo for piles, plastic film fence, height above the highest water level in the lake area about 50 centimeters. Water plants can be planted in the lake area where water plants resources are relatively scarce, such as wild diamonds and other water plants.

Put live snails 150-200 kilograms of live snails per mu before the Qingming Festival to provide natural active feed for river crabs.