Barracuda is slender with a small tip at the front and a slightly flat back. The head is short and wide and the back is flat. Small eyes, underdeveloped fat eyelids, only distributed at the edge of the eyes. 2 nostrils on each side, the front nostril is small and round; The posterior nostril is large and oval. The front of the mouth is very small. There is a notch in the center of maxilla, which is consistent with the central protrusion of mandible. Maxillary teeth are thin and weak, and mandibular teeth are toothless.
Barracuda lays eggs in the open and warm sea. Every spawning season, barracuda will release eggs and sperm directly into seawater. Young fish hatched from fertilized eggs feed on plankton. Barracuda has a long streamlined body. This enables it to swim quickly in the water. Barracuda's jaw extends forward.
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Barracuda lives along the coast or at the junction of seawater and fresh water, and feeds on microorganisms at the bottom of the water. The euryhaline of barracuda is very high. Whether it is high salinity seawater or shallow fresh water, estuaries can survive. When it comes to body shape, barracuda is small, but barracuda is big, which is more common in South China Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea.
Although barracuda is low in fat, eating too much fish can easily lead to an increase in cholesterol. Avoid buying contaminated barracuda, which may cause skin allergy. Gout patients try not to eat or eat less, because barracuda has more purine content, which may lead to aggravation of the disease. Patients with hemorrhagic diseases should try not to eat or eat less, and regular consumption can keep platelet aggregation. Pay attention to cooking when eating pike. Eating raw fish is easy to infect liver fluke disease.
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