Scavenger fish are edible.

Can be eaten. The scavenger fish itself is not toxic and can be eaten, but has no food value. Because scavenger fish sucks garbage for a long time, there are many germs in the body, the taste is very fishy, the meat is little and difficult to swallow, so it is not recommended to eat.

The origin of the scavenger fish name

The scavenger fish is a kind of popular name for it in our country, which is a kind of exotic species from South America, and its scientific name is Leopard fat catfish, and it is also called as Strong-waisted Dragon, Strong-waisted Fish, Sucking Fish, Sucking Catfish, Pipistrelle and Garbage Fish, etc. in some places in China.

Because this fish especially love to eat the residual bait, dirt, etc., inside the aquarium, has a very good effect on the purification of water quality, so in the country more called it scavenger.

Harm of scavengers

1, scavengers of this fish, has a strong vitality, a strong tolerance of the environment, in addition to intolerance of low-temperature environments, it has a strong resistance to low-oxygen characteristics, and the water quality requirements are not high, even if it is polluted in some of the waters, the fish can still grow and reproduce normally. Moreover, it has almost no natural enemies in the country. The ability to reproduce is extremely strong, and it will rob the resources of native fish in large quantities.

2, the scavenger will also eat a lot of other fish eggs and small fish. A scavenger can prey on 5,000 fish eggs a day, and at the same time it will also prey on other small fish fry. Serious damage to the ecological chain, and in serious cases can even lead directly to the extinction of fish in native waters.