Gan fish belongs to the wild fish, the number of small, high economic value, the market price is relatively expensive. At present Gan fish market price is generally 45 to 50 yuan a catty, expensive time about 70 yuan more than a catty, but because of the origin and the market situation is different, the Gan fish prices in various regions will also be different.

The Gan fish (scientific name: Elopichthys bambusa), the Gan family of carp animals.

The Gan fish body elongated, subcylindrical, head pointed long. Kiss pointed, beak-like, mouth large, end position, beardless, eye small, teeth end hook, scale small, dorsal fin is small, body back gray-brown.

Silver-white abdomen, dark gray dorsal and caudal fins, yellowish cheeks and other fins. It mainly lives in the middle and upper layers of rivers and lakes, swims rapidly and moves quickly, and is distributed in rivers from the north to the south plains of China, except in the northwest and southwest.