The body is slender, more than 50 cm long, weighing 0.5 kg, with a cylindrical front and a flat back. The head is long, slightly flat at the front and slightly raised at the back. The kiss is short, round and blunt, with a large mouth, an end position, a slightly oblique mouth crack, and a slightly protruding jaw. The teeth are small and banded in the upper and lower jaws, and the teeth on both sides of the mandible are firm. Small eyes, upper position, in the first half of the head, quite close to the snout.
Its whole body is dark green, its back and head are dark black, and its abdomen is pale white. It likes to live in water grass, flowing water or the clean water with soft sediment. Belonging to carnivorous fish, it is gluttonous, and the specific prey will change with the size of the fish. When I was young, I preyed on small fish and shrimp. When they grow up, they prey on bigger fish, loach and so on.
Snakehead can also slide on land and migrate to other waters to find food, and can live out of water for 3 days. It is a common edible fish in China and a "dish delicacy" of China people. It is often used as a dietary supplement for surgical wounds in Guangdong and Guangxi, which helps the wounds to heal quickly and has a wonderful effect. According to English and Japanese translation, it is also called snakehead or thunder fish, which is the favorite name of Luya and ornamental fish lovers.
Black fish contains protein, fat, 18 amino acids, etc., and also contains calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins necessary for human body. Suitable for people with weakness, hypoproteinemia, spleen and stomach deficiency, malnutrition and anemia.