The water tiger is a catfish.

The catfish is a very ferocious carnivorous fish. As long as the body is smaller than it in the water, it will usually take the initiative to attack. Therefore, if you put the catfish in a fish pond, After a while, almost all the fish in the pond will be eaten or eaten. Lobster, also known as squid, squid, double-mouthed fish, yellow-cheeked, yellow-cheeked squid, squid, rod fish, pole fish, large-mouthed squid, water tiger, belongs to the family Cyprinidae. Except for the northwest and southwest of my country, the northern part of the country has It is distributed in river systems to the southern plains.

The body of the catfish is straight, slightly horizontal, the abdomen is round, without abdominal ribs, the head is long and pointed, the mouth is large, and the end of the mouth slit can reach below the edge of the eye, and the muzzle is pointed and beak-like. Shape, exceeding the width of the muzzle for a long time, with a hard bony protrusion on the top of the mandible. The eyes are large inside and protrude to both sides. The ratio of the head to the eye diameter varies widely. There are three rows of teeth in the hypopharynx. The gills are sparsely arranged, without whiskers, and the scales are small. In life, the body color is slightly yellow, the back is gray, and the belly is silver.

Life habits

The anchovy lives in the middle and upper layers of rivers and lakes. It swims quickly and moves quickly. It is a typical ferocious fish that mainly feeds on fish. It is also a large freshwater commercial fish. This fish grows quickly, is large in size, and has delicious meat. It has always been regarded as a high-end freshwater fish. In recent years, due to the construction of water conservancy projects in mountainous areas and the deterioration of the water environment, the natural resources of catfish have declined sharply. Nowadays, except for the Yangtze River and lakes directly connected to the Yangtze River, most catfish can still be caught. It is difficult to find traces of catfish in rivers and lakes.

The catfish is also known as yellow-cheeked fish, female fish, sole fish, water tiger, and pole fish. The meat of carps. The original animal is distributed in plain areas except the northwest and southwest. The fish meat is tender and has few spines, so people like to eat fish.

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