Sesame swordfish is one of the most precious freshwater fishes in my country. I believe many people have heard of it, and there may be a few friends who have eaten them before.

There are different opinions about its place of origin, but the most common theory is that it originates from Guangxi, but it exists in many waters such as Hunan, Yunnan, Guangdong and Guangxi.

However, there are indeed a lot of them in Guangxi. As a region with unique features, Guangxi not only has various rock holes, but also has a very developed water system. Sesame swordfish often appear in these places, especially the Hongshui River, which is the most famous.

The place where sesame filling lives, it was also sought after by many people as a special delicacy.

Today we will learn about one of the most popular freshwater fish, sesame swordfish.

Sesame swordfish is generally on duty. Among the people, it is also called plum blossom sesame swordfish and other adult fish. It has irregularly arranged round blue spots.

It is large in size, with common individuals weighing one to two kilograms and up to 15 kilograms. It has no scales all over its body. Its meat is very delicious and has high nutritional value. It also enjoys the reputation of the king of fresh water and is one of the four famous jade in the Pearl River.

However, this sesame swordfish, which is so popular among the people, has a relatively difficult growth environment. It likes to live at the bottom of rivers and mainly feeds on small insects, fish and other small aquatic animals on the bottom of the water. Therefore, there are very few sesame swordfish.

will float to the surface.

Perhaps he did this to increase the number of his species and prevent humans from overfishing them.

But even though the Sesame Swordfish is working very hard to save its life, its population is still plummeting. Why is this?

There used to be a lot of sesame swordfish. During the construction of Longtan Hydropower Station, you could see a large number of sesame swordfish on the bottom of the water. They were all small over four kilograms, and there were a lot of sesame swordfish weighing more than ten kilograms each. But after only 20 years,

The sesame swordfish is listed as a second-level protected animal in the country. The main reason for this is that humans rarely directly bring up the sesame swordfish that dives to the bottom of the river. However, their method of dealing with the sesame swordfish is to directly catch the sesame swordfish.

Net fishing, especially in Guangxi, has prepared sophisticated equipment in order to hunt this larger and more expensive freshwater fish. It is said that their equipment can dive to a maximum depth of 15 meters.

These poachers are called water ghosts and underwater frogmen by the locals. Even though there are many dangers, and even now that Sesame Swordfish has been banned from fishing, they still choose to sneak into the river in the middle of the night to hunt for Sesame Swordfish because of a

Larger sesame swordfish can be sold for a minimum of a few hundred yuan and a maximum of several thousand yuan. With such a huge profit, they will not give up.

In addition to poaching by water ghosts, the rivers on which Sesame Swordfish depend for survival have also been over-exploited by humans, as well as the random discharge of sewage, sewage outfalls, and underground river springs, which have seriously affected the quality of Sesame Swordfish and various fish species.

living environment.

Under the pressure of these two main reasons, the number of sesame swordfish has declined rapidly.

In the country's newly revised wildlife protection regulations in 2021, the sesame swordfish is listed as a national second-level wild protected animal, and it is stipulated that no matter what method is used to hunt the sesame swordfish, it is illegal, and the most serious ones may be punished.

A term of imprisonment of more than ten years.

Therefore, fishing friends, cheer up. If you catch this kind of freshwater fish with sesame spots in Wulin in the province, remember to release it.

This is saving the Sesame Swordfish, and it is also saving yourselves. Have you ever seen the Sesame Swordfish before?