China is rich in freshwater fish resources, among which carp, silver carp, grass carp and herring are the most common, and there are also eels and giant fish.
Carp: Freshwater fish, a good fish, with white scales and metallic luster, red tail, tender meat and delicious taste. Yellow River carp is particularly popular.
Grass carp: also known as grass green, yellow-brown, is the most abundant freshwater fish. This kind of fish is characterized by fast growth, heavy weight and fat head, but its meat quality is rough, which is not as good as carp.
Silver carp: There are two kinds of silver carp and silver carp. Silver carp has light color, small scales, big head, fat meat, delicious taste and the fattest head, which is especially suitable for making casserole fish heads.
Carassius auratus: Also known as Golden Carassius auratus, it is flat and broad in appearance, with obvious hump on the back and small scales. It is characterized by tender meat and great taste, but it has many small thorns. Crucian carp is best for soup. Small crucian carp is suitable for crispy fish.
Black herring: Also known as black fin, it is cylindrical in length, black in spine, milky white in abdomen, white and full in meat, and it is a tender meat in freshwater fish. It contains a lot of fat, especially pectoral fins and head and tail. The lungs of herring are the most tender part of fish and contain a lot of fat. The famous dish "Burn Bald Lung" is made of herring's lung. When cooked, it is delicious while it is hot.
Eel: also known as long fish and eel, it is slender, with thick head and thin tail, dark brown back, yellow abdomen and small scaleless eyes. This kind of fish is extremely delicate and delicious, and is regarded as the best fish.
Catfish: also known as soft-shelled turtle, with tender meat and rich nutrition, is an advanced tonic.
Ornamental fish refer to those fish with bright colors or strange shapes and ornamental value. There are usually three major strains, namely temperate freshwater ornamental fish, tropical freshwater ornamental fish and tropical seawater ornamental fish.
2. What are the kinds of fish?
Mandarin fish, Monopterus albus, carp, crucian carp, sturgeon, shark, large yellow croaker, crucian carp, grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp, herring, etc.
1, Siniperca chuatsi is a kind of fish belonging to the genus Siniperca. The body is tall, the side is flat, and the back behind the eyes is obviously convex. Big head. The tip of the kiss is longer than the diameter of the eye. The eyes are very big, slightly larger than the diaphragm of the eyes. Big mouth, end position, oblique crack. Having an auxiliary maxilla. The posterior end of maxilla extends to or beyond the posterior edge of eye, and mandible protrudes.
2. Monopterus albus often lives in the mud bottom of paddy fields, rivers, streams, ponds, canals, lakes and other places, and is produced all over China, especially in the Yangtze River valley of China, Liaoning and Tianjin, with the production period from June to 10 and the most fertile from June to August.
3. The scales of carp are very large, and there are two beards on each side of the palate. They live alone or in groups in ponds, lakes and rivers, with quiet grassy mud at the bottom. There is a habit of migration in small waters.
4. Grass carp generally like to live in the middle and lower layers of rivers, lakes and other waters and coastal areas with more aquatic plants. Grass carp has the habit of migrating in rivers and lakes, often foraging in groups and gluttony, and is a typical herbivorous fish. Larvae feed on zooplankton, while larvae feed on insects, earthworms, algae and duckweeds.
5. Black herring is inactive and usually lives in middle and lower water. Its food is mainly snails, clams, clams and so on. It also preys on shrimp and insect larvae. In the fry stage, they mainly feed on zooplankton.