Watched the CCTV broadcast of the exploration and discovery about the Kanas Lake monster

Actually, that is a kind of cold water fish. The scientific name of the salmon (gui) common name of the big red fish

It seems to say that the Kanas Lake land has a very large gully, much deeper than the other places, the big red fish should be hidden in that place

Because the surface of it is dark red, so everyone calls it the big red fish. There's a lookout on the hill where a number of tourists have seen the fish on the surface of the water, and it's huge. Someone once caught one that was about 1.45 meters and 40 kilograms.

Another less likely speculation that the water monster may be a "snake-necked dragon"

Here's the information I found for you:

The chum salmon, commonly known as the big red fish, belongs to the class of fishes, herring, salmon, is a rare cold-water predatory fish in the north, mainly in the northeast of the Heilongjiang River, the Yalu River and the Eyre River in Xinjiang, which is the main source of the fish. It is a rare cold-water carnivorous fish in the north, mainly distributed in the northeastern Heilongjiang, Yalu River and the Erqis River in Xinjiang. This kind of fish is fierce, alert, hidden in the water for many years, the breeding season fish body is reddish-brown. The maximum weight of the adult Cherokee salmon is about 50 kilograms, and it is about 2 meters long, with sharp teeth arranged in the upper and lower jaws of the mouth, and fleshy fins on the back. Juvenile fish to small fish for food, big fish often devour floating ducks and other wild waterfowl, but also eat otters in the lake, water rats. Hu Jingyu told reporters that in the local museum there is a nearly two meters long specimen of Cherokee salmon. But according to local people, this is not big at all, they have also seen a bigger red fish.

Kanas is a Mongolian word meaning "beautiful, rich and mysterious". Kanas Lake is an alpine lake located in the Altai mountains and dense forests, is the famous "color-changing lake", the lake will change with the seasons and weather changes and change colors: sunny days dark blue-green; rainy days dark gray-green; summer hot weather lake water will become a slightly bluish-green milky white. There are several wonders in Kanas Lake, one is the 1,000-meter dead wood dike, which is made of driftwood in Kanas Lake by strong valley winds blowing against the water, and piled up in the upper reaches of the lake; the second is the giant "lake monster" said to be in the lake, often dragging horses drinking at the lake into the water; the third is the wonders that only come after a rainy day --- the Sea of Clouds and Buddha Lights in Kanas. --Kanas Sea of Clouds and Buddha's Light