These two kinds of seafood from the taste above, sea dragon's flavor is much worse, and the medicinal value is not as high as seahorse.
Syngnathus is also known as Yangzhi fish, tube mouth fish. It is a kind of bony fish, which is categorized into one family in zoological classification - Hylidae. There are more than 150 species in the family, and some say there are 200 species. There are 25 species of sea dragons in China. Sea dragons are related to seahorses.
Mainly produced in Guangdong Yangjiang, Huiyang, Bao'an, Haifeng, Liaoning Dalian, Lvshun, Zhuanghe, etc., sold all over the country to Zhejiang, Jiangsu, the largest sales; in addition, Shandong, Fujian, Taiwan, Penghu Islands and other coastal areas are also produced.
The whole body is elongated and slightly flat, the middle is slightly thick, the tail end is tapering and slightly curved, 20-40 centimeters long, 2-2.5 centimeters in diameter in the middle, the head with a long tubular mouth, the upper and lower sides of the mouth with fine teeth, there are two deep-set eyes. The surface is yellowish-white or grayish-brown, and in the case of yellowish-white, there are two grayish-brown bands on both sides of the dorsal ribs. Above the middle there are five raised longitudinal ribs, and below the middle there are four longitudinal ribs with a rounded raised pattern and fine transverse ribs. The bone is hard. It has a slightly fishy odor and a slightly salty taste. The one with big strips, white color, and neat head and tail is the best.
Sea dragons are produced throughout the year, usually between April and September production is larger, most of the world's animals are reproduced by the female body, but the sea dragon is the opposite, they "children" is carried out by the "father". Male sea dragon tail ventral surface by the left and right two skin folds formed by the nursery bag, mating female sea dragons laid eggs in the male sea dragon's "bag" in the egg fertilization and incubation in the bag. After about 10 to 20 days, the baby sea dragon is born, but it does not immediately leave the "father", has been taken care of by the "father".
On a normal day, the male sea dragon will put down the tail, the mouth of the bag will be open, the small sea dragon one by one from the bag out of the fish, such as the outside world there is a breeze, the small sea dragons hear the sound of the bag will be quickly drilled into the bag, the mouth of the bag will be automatically closed, to ensure that the safety of its life. It can be seen that the little sea dragon "father" of the hard work and its great father's love. However, when the baby dragons can live freely in the sea, their parents do not bear the obligation to feed their children, the baby dragons will have to forage for food on their own, to chase the small creatures in the ocean to feed themselves.