The pinyin for pomfret is chāng shēn.
A collective name for several species of marine fish in the genus pomfret in the family Perciformes. Some are valuable food fish. The body is taller, toothless, small scales, narrow tail base, forked caudal fin, silvery white body color, widely distributed in warm waters along the coast. Florida pompano is a valuable and flavorful food fish along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States.
Top ten species of pompano
1, silver pompano, also known as the mirror fish, flatfish, the body shape of the lateral deviation, ovoid, silver gray, head small, rounded kiss, cephalothorax is connected to the obvious, the mouth, the eye is very small, each jaw has a line of fine teeth, esophageal side of the capsule with a papillate protuberance, the mouth and tongue can not be retracted; the back side of the head, the sensory tube from the prolongation of the tip, the vertebrae 40 ~ 41. Vertebrae 40~41. Dorsal and anal fins are homomorphic, slightly longer, sickle-shaped, adult ventral fins disappeared, fin spines are very short, caudal fins forked, the lower lobe is longer than the upper lobe; the body is clothed with tiny garden scales, the color of the silver, so it is called silver pomfret.
2, golden pomfret scientific name ovate pomfret, local name yellow pomfret, golden pomfret, the fish body lateral compression, ovoid, anal fin and the second dorsal fin is slightly equal, are significantly longer than the abdomen. The head is laterally compressed, the tail stalk is thin, the body is clad in small round scales, not easy to peel off.
3, gray pomfret body is diamond-shaped. Dorsal and anal fins significantly extended, caudal fin forked, lower lobe extended. Dorsal greenish-gray, abdominal grayish-white, all with silver-gray luster.
4, red pomfret scientific name short cover giant fat carp, also known as freshwater white pomfret, adult body with black dorsal fins and shining orange-red metal luster of the ventral fin.
5, knife pomfret also known as orbital fish, leather knife fish, is a carnivorous fish, like to chase the prey of light. The body is nearly triangular, very compressed. Dorsal margin shallow arc-shaped bulge; ventral margin deep arc-shaped bulge, sharp and thin as a knife. The mouth is small and anterior, almost vertical. Body covered with tiny scales, not easily detectable. Lateral line incomplete, divided into two branches. Dorsal base longer than dorsal fin, most of the fins buried under the skin, only the ends exposed. Ventral fin rays slender. Caudal fin forked. Body dorsum dark blue, abdomen silvery white and yellowish.
6, pomfret common name? Pomfret, meat fish, melon core, meat carp, south pomfret, yuchang, sea warehouse. Carnivorous, to small benthic invertebrates. Produce floating eggs. The body is long ovoid, laterally compressed. The head is small and the muzzle is short. Body covered with thin round scales, easy to fall off. Dorsum greenish gray, abdomen lighter in color. The gill cover has a black spot on the upper posterior corner. Caudal fin y forked.
7. The body of the Spotted Cockatoo is laterally compressed and high, rhombic, with the highest dorsal margin at the beginning of the dorsal fin and the highest ventral margin at the beginning of the anal fin, the mouth is small, and the eyes are large. The body is covered with pectinate scales and extends to the dorsal and anal fins, the body is light grayish brown, the body side has 4~10 light black spots arranged in transverse bands, the dorsal fin is continuous, the anterior half has 9~10 fin spines, the fourth spine is the longest, the pectoral fins are large and extend to the caudal peduncle; the anal fins have 3 fin spines; the caudal fins are curved, and the various fins are light soybean green.
8, snowflake pomfret scientific name of Brazilian true pomfret, body extension or body is very high and laterally compressed, the mouth in the large, slanting slit, the posterior end of the maxilla up to the lower part of the eye. The edge of the front gill cover bone with small spines, dorsal fin and anal fin base by the scales, dorsal fin fin spines and fins connected.
9, striped cockle pomfret common name centipede pomfret, mother-in-law pomfret, smoke bag pomfret, chicken pomfret, tortoise flower pomfret, pomfret body laterally flattened, slightly rhombic, the side of the body there are 4-9 dark transverse bands; gill cover membrane is connected to the isthmus, but does not heal into a fold of skin; the dorsal fin usually has 8 fin spines, to the third fin spines for the longest; swim bladder on each side of about 15 pairs of branching a lot of fine blind tubes. Warm-water fish.
10, pomfret common name black pomfret, iron plate pomfret, pomfret scale. The body is ovoid, high and laterally compressed, body length up to 40 centimeters or more. Dorsal and ventral margins are very convex, head small, short muzzle, small mouth, two jaw teeth pointed, gill rakers short. The body is covered with small round scales, dark brown. The lateral line is obviously slightly curved, and the lateral line scales at the caudal peduncle are larger, forming a raised ridge.