Eel and eel although the appearance of a little like, but in fact the difference is very big, eel and eel is simply two different fish, and eel and eel nutritional value and health effects are completely different.
1, eel and eel essence is different.
Eel is a species belonging to the classification of eel, eel is a fish, like a snake, but without scales, generally produced in the fresh and salt water junction of the sea.
The eel belongs to the family of Anguilliformes, Anguillidae, and the genus Eel. It is also known as eel, fish, eel, snake fish, blood eel, fish, long fish (in the north of Jiangsu Province).
2, eels and eels are in different environments.
The eel often lives in rice paddies, rivers, streams, ponds, canals, lakes and other silty water bottom, in China are produced throughout the country to China's Yangtze River Basin, Liaoning and Tianjin production more.
The eel prefers to live in clean, unpolluted waters and is the purest water creature in the world. The eel grows in rivers and streams on land and migrates to spawning grounds in the ocean to lay its eggs when it matures. It lays eggs only once in its life and dies after spawning.
3, eel and eel nutritional value is different.
Eel has a deficiency of blood, dampness, anti-tuberculosis and other effects, is a long illness, weakness, anemia, tuberculosis and other patients with good nutrition.
Eel has the effect of tonifying blood, replenishing qi, anti-inflammatory, disinfecting and removing rheumatism, etc. Eel has certain medicinal value.
Expanded Information:
The body of the yellow eel is elongated and cylindrical in the shape of a serpent, with a length of about 20.70 centimeters and up to 1 meter. The body is rounded in front and laterally flattened at the back, and the tail is pointed and thin.
The head is inflated, long and round, with bulging cheeks. The mouth is large, terminal, with a short and flattened muzzle; the mouth opens at the muzzle end and is obliquely cleft; the upper jaw is slightly protruding, and the lips are quite developed.
The eel's young is about 6 centimeters long and weighs 0.1 grams, but its head is narrow and its body is high, thin and transparent like a leaf, so it is called "willow leaf fish". Its body fluids are almost the same as those of seawater, so it can drift long distances with ocean currents with little effort.
Reference:
Eel - Baidu Encyclopedia
Eel - Baidu Encyclopedia