The koala (scientific name: Huso dauricus) is a cartilaginous fish of the Sturgeon family, genus koala. The head is pointed, the tail is crooked, the body is long, yellowish-brown in color, and there are no scales on the body, while there are five rows of diamond-shaped bony plates (hard scales) on the dorsal spine and sides. The sturgeon can be up to 5.6 meters long and weigh up to 1,000 kilograms.

Distributed in the Heilongjiang River, the boundary river between China and Russia. It is a freshwater fish that never swims into the sea, and is divided into populations at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, those that live there year-round, and those in freshwater waters along the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan.

The dachshund sturgeon is a large and valuable economic fish endemic to the Heilongjiang River basin. The koala is a carnivorous and ferocious fish, with a large individual, fast growth, strong resistance to disease, and high economic value. Dachshund sturgeon meat flavorful, nutritious, cartilage is delicious and has a health function, its "caviar" for the first-class delicacies, known as "black gold".

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The origin of koeluga history

The dachshund koeluga as the Cretaceous period preserved one of the paleontological groups, was with the dinosaurs on the earth **** with the life of the original appearance of more than 100 million years. primitive and ancient appearance of more than 100 million years almost unchanged, has a precious scientific research value. The sturgeon scientific name for koala, is a kind of sturgeon, originated in 130 million years ago, koala ferocious temperament, belongs to the large carnivorous fish, can live more than 50 years.

The sturgeon produced in Heilongjiang Province belongs to the dachshund sturgeon, which was sent to the capital as tribute for the royal family to enjoy. Produced in Heilongjiang Province, Huma County to Fuyuan County, Heilongjiang River Basin, because of the large body, long life, large food, strong, is the largest freshwater fish in a fish, known as the "freshwater fish king.

According to paleontologists, it is inferred that it is the modern bony fish **** the same ancestor, is the ancient spiny fish retained a descendant, so it is known as the "living fossil".

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