The common varieties of pomfret are yellowfin pomfret, silver pomfret, golden pomfret, Chinese pomfret, red pomfret, spotted cockle pomfret, snowflake pomfret, striped cockle pomfret, knife pomfret, pomfret, gray pomfret, spiny pomfret and so on. Pomfret is about 20cm in length, short and tall, with a diamond-shaped body and silvery-white body color. The head is small, the muzzle is short and rounded, slightly protruding in front of the lower jaw. The scales are rounded and fall off easily. The dorsal and anal fins are of the same shape, with truncated spines, a sickle-shaped anterior end of the fin rays, a long pectoral fin, no ventral fin, and a y forked caudal fin.

First, pomfret has several varieties

1, pomfret common varieties

pomfret common varieties are mainly silver pomfret, gold pomfret, China pomfret (bucket pomfret), red pomfret (freshwater pomfret), pomfret knife pomfret, pomfret, gray pomfret, pomfret prickly pomfret, spotted cockle pomfret, snowy pomfret, striped cockle pomfret, yellow-finned pomfret and so on.

2, pomfret characteristics

(1) overall characteristics: pomfret body length of about 20cm, short and high, the body is extremely lateral compression, diamond-shaped, the body color is mostly silver-white, the upper part of the slightly greenish gray.

(2) head, mouth: the head is small, short and rounded kiss, slightly protruding in front of the jaw. Mouth small, slightly oblique, teeth fine.

(3) Eyes: Eyes small, lateral, spaced in large curved bulges.

(4) Nose: The nose is small, two on each side, with rounded anterior nostrils and slit posterior nostrils.

(5) Jaws: Maxilla to just below the anterior margin of the eye, with a line of fine teeth in each jaw, very closely arranged.

(6) Gills: gill pores are small, gill rakers are short and weak, and more loosely arranged.

(7) Scales: the scales are round, relatively small, easy to fall off, and most of the scales have fine black spots. Lateral line scales 110-130, lateral line position is higher, almost parallel to the dorsal margin.

(8) Fins: The dorsal and anal fins are the same shape, with truncated fin spines, and the anterior ends of the fin rays are raised and sickle-shaped. The pectoral fins are large, there is no ventral fin, and the caudal fin is y forked.

Second, pompano is a freshwater fish or saltwater fish

1, pompano has many varieties, most of which live in the sea, and a small number of varieties of pompano live in freshwater.

2, silver pomfret is an offshore warm-temperate pelagic fish, usually inhabits in the slow current speed, water depth of 5-10m in the water, the morning and dusk, in the middle and upper layer of activities.

3, golden pomfret is a warm-water pelagic fish, mainly inhabiting in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean in the tropical, subtropical and temperate zones of the sea, spring and summer seasons, from the outside sea to the offshore shallow areas, in winter, swim back to the outside of the deep-water areas.

4, China pomfret is an offshore warm-water pelagic fish, mainly distributed in the northern coast of the Indian Ocean to Japan and the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, the southern East China Sea and other waters, inhabiting the muddy substrate waters.

5, red pomfret is a tropical and subtropical fish, originating from the Amazon River in South America, and has been promoted to freshwater fish ponds for aquaculture.

6, knife pomfret mainly inhabits in the deeper waters, sometimes swim to the coastal waters to feed, even in the estuary near the same can be found in their traces.

7, pomfret is a tropical and subtropical pelagic fish, mainly distributed in the northern coast of the Indian Ocean to North Korea, Japan, and China's coastal waters, like to live in the water color clarification of the sea area.

8, gray pomfret is an offshore migratory warm temperate pelagic fish, mainly distributed in China's coastal and Japan, Southeast Asia, usually inhabits in the slow current speed of the sea area, in winter, in the south of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea in the arc of the trench overwintering (depth of water not more than 130m).

9, pomfret lives in the subtropical sea fish, juvenile period inhabits the surface water layer, adult fish period inhabits the bottom.

10, yellowfin pomfret is native to China's seawater, mainly distributed in Southeast Asia and China's coastal areas of Guangzhou, inhabiting in brackish and freshwater as well as seawater, and occasionally can enter freshwater waters.