The body is narrow and elongated, with a blue-black head and back of the body. There are several rows of blue-black round spots on the upper side, the abdomen is white, and there are horn spines after the dorsal and anal fins.
Mackerel is found in the western North Pacific Ocean, and in China in the East China Sea, Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea. The head and the back of the body blue-black. General body length of 25 to 50 centimeters, weight 300 to 1000 grams. The largest individual is 2.28 meters long and weighs more than 168 pounds. The tail stalk is thin, each side has 3 raised ridges, the central ridge is long and the highest, the head is larger than the body height, the mouth is large, slightly tilted.
The horse mackerel has sharp and large teeth, which are sparsely arranged, small round scales, irregular wavy lateral lines, two black rounded dorsal fins in the center of the body, the first dorsal fin is long, with 19-20 fin spines, the second dorsal fin is shorter, and each of the dorsal fins and anal fins have 8-9 small fins after it; the pectoral fins and ventral fins are short with no spines, and the caudal fin is large and y forked.
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Because of feeding on fish and shrimp and other aquatic animals, the horse mackerel is raw. As a result of feeding on fish and shrimp and other aquatic animals, the horse mackerel is born with a full-bodied fat, and is a kind of high-quality fish with high economic value in the sea. Mackerel meat is delicate, flavorful, nutritious, rich in protein, vitamin A, minerals and other nutrients.
Mackerel cholesterol content is low, rich in DHA elements to improve human brain intelligence and a large number of proteins, amino acids and calcium, iron, sodium and other trace elements, but also has a refreshing and anti-aging therapeutic effects, eating on the treatment of anemia, premature aging, malnutrition, postpartum weakness and neurasthenia and other diseases have a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect.
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