This is Asiatic snakehead, belonging to the order Perciformes, suborder Perciformes, family Sinipercidae, genus Siniperca. Commonly known as: Guangdong said: seven-star fish, mountain flower fish, mountain plate fish, point fish, star fish, star fish; Guangxi said: Star fish, bow fish. Shaped like spotted snakehead.

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Species information

brief introduction

Name of species: snakehead

Asian snakehead

English famous little black fish

Chinese commonly known as seven-star fish, solitary fish, mountain flower fish, mountain half fish, spotted scale fish, scale star fish, starlight fish and Yang Gong.

form

The head is big, wide and flat, the kiss is short and blunt, the mouth is big, and the nasal tube is thick, extending forward over the upper lip. The scales are large, and the scales on the top of the head are enlarged, but irregular; Scales on the head side are also larger. The length of dorsal fin and anal fin base; Both pectoral fin and caudal fin are round; No ventral fins. The edge of the body is black or even gray-black, and the abdomen is gray. There are two black longitudinal bands at the back of the eye, which extend to the gill cover and bend to the base of pectoral fin. There are 7-9 herringbone horizontal belts with forward tips on the side of the body; There are 1 circle black eye spots at the base of caudal fin, and the pearl color around the spots is 1 circle pearl bright spots; The whole body is covered with pearl highlights, and the dorsal fin and anal fin each have multiple rows of pearl highlights, especially for males.

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Snakehead is a wide-temperature fish with strong adaptability. The survival water temperature is 1-38℃, the feeding water temperature is 12-32℃, the growth water temperature is 13-30℃, and the optimum growth water temperature is 15-28℃. I like the dark, dig holes, live in caves, live in groups and eat leftovers. I like living in mountains, rivers, ditches and ponds. Fierce and quick-moving, it is an omnivorous fish that feeds on fish, shrimp and aquatic insects. In the case of artificial domestication, it likes it.

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Eat compound feed and frozen fresh fish. The first sexual maturity age is 2 winter age, and the artificial fish is 1 winter age, and the relative fecundity is about 500 eggs. The breeding period is April-June, and May-July is the peak of spawning. Breeding water temperature 18-28℃, parent fish have the instinct of pairing, nesting and protecting young. It is common to go upstream in various water systems south of the Yangtze River.