Sunfish should not be used excessively because the protein in sunfish may cause skin diseases. It is best not to consume more than two taels per day. Sunfish is rich in crude protein, crude fat, rich amino acids and various trace elements. Why can’t we eat more sunfish?

Sunfish are native to the freshwater waters of the southern United States and northern Mexico, central and southern America.

The cephalothorax to the abdomen of the sunfish are light orange-red or light orange-yellow, and the back is light blue-gray with some light gray-black vertical stripes. The head is small, the back is high, and the meat is rich.

The staple food of sunfish is: zooplankton and aquatic insects. It also eats aquatic plants, small miscellaneous fish and small molluscs.