The loach is not an eel. Loach belongs to the loach family, the shape of the body is small, slender, general wild loach only three, four inches long; eel, also known as eel, belongs to the family of gill fish, body slender snake-shaped, body length of about 20-70 centimeters, the body of the front of the rounded rear lateral compression, the tail is thin and pointed, the head is long and round.

Species:

Mudskipper: mudskipper belongs to the loach family, China's southern distribution is more, the north is not common. Can be harvested throughout the year, the most summer, loach capture, can be used fresh or dried with. It can be used for food and medicine. Loach is known as "the water of the ginseng".

Eel: eel belongs to the order of gillfish, gillfish family, eel genus. Also known as eel, Luo eel, snake fish, blood eel, often fish, long fish.

Different body types:

Mudskipper: loach. The body is long cylindrical, the tail is laterally compressed, the mouth is inferior, horseshoe-shaped. There are 5 pairs of mouth whiskers, 3 pairs of upper jaws, which are larger, and 2 pairs of lower jaws, one large and one small. The caudal fin is rounded and the scales are tiny and buried under the skin. The dorsal and dorsal side of the body is gray-black with small black spots. The lower part of the side of the body is white or light yellow.

Eel: The body is slender and serpentine, rounded at the front and laterally compressed at the back, with a thin tail tip. The head is long and round. The mouth is large, terminal, the upper jaw slightly protruding, the lips are quite developed.